A New York City jury has reached a verdict in former President Donald Trump’s historic trial, declaring him guilty of falsifying business records, convicting him on all 34 counts.
After the landmark verdict announcement, Trump spoke to the media and the public saying the real verdict will be delivered by voters in November.
Bradley Jacob, Associate Dean at Regent University Law School, told CBN News the case still involves several unanswered legal questions. He says the grounds for convicting Trump were weak because he couldn’t technically commit a “hush money” crime without being simultaneously accused of violating federal law as well, but he wasn’t.
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The jury spent most of the morning revisiting key witness testimony and having the judge repeat some of the jury instructions he delivered yesterday.
They were weighing accusations that he covered up so-called “hush money” payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election.
Trump denies that he had an affair with Daniels. He pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Trump said earlier, “The whole world is watching, and it’s a very sad day for New York. I’ve gone through two of these trials already. It’s a very… with the same kind of a
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