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New York Times:
Live Updates: Trump Guilty on All Counts in Hush-Money Case  —  Donald J. Trump, the former president and presumptive 2024 Republican nominee, was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a case stemming from a payment that silenced a porn star.
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Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
Is Trump going to prison?  What to know about the possible sentence after his conviction  —  Washington — Former President Donald Trump has now been convicted in the New York “hush money” criminal trial, immediately raising a lot of questions and launching the case into uncharted territory …
Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
Donald Trump Should Drop Out  —  Convicted felon Donald Trump's first words after the historic jury verdict were predictably defiant: “The real verdict is going to be November 5 by the people.”  —  The Biden-Harris campaign's communication director issued a statement (perhaps written …
Associated Press:
Guilty: Trump becomes first former U.S. president convicted of felony crimes  —  He is the first former American president to be found guilty of felony crimes  —  Jurors in Trump hush money trial end 1st day of deliberations without a verdict, AP Explains  —  Donald Trump became …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Wrong Case, Right Verdict  —  The wrong case for the wrong offense just reached the right verdict.  —  Donald Trump will not be held accountable before the 2024 presidential election for his violent attempt to overturn the previous election.  He will not be held accountable before the election …
Renato Mariotti / New York Times:
How Trump's Team Blew It  —  The criminal trial of Donald Trump didn't have to end this way.  —  The prosecution's case had flaws that couldn't be wallpapered over even with weeks of testimony, over 200 exhibits and a polished and persuasive presentation by Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, and his team.
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Sometimes, the system works  —  Trump finally meets a consequence for his criming. … It's almost impossible to overstate how weird it is to write about the former president of the United States being convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records.
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Trump Loses a Big Battle in His Lifelong War Against Accountability  —  His 34 guilty convictions turn this escape artist into a felon.  —  Donald Trump has been in a war with accountability his entire adult life, and accountability has usually lost.  In a New York City courtroom on Thursday …
Discussion: New York Times, Politico and WFLA-TV
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Elon Musk Is Absolutely Raging About the Trump Verdict  —  TOTAL CONVICTION  —  The tech mogul vented that “anyone is at risk” if a former president can be convicted over “such a trivial matter.”  —  Elon Musk criticized the verdict that made Donald Trump the first former American president …
Discussion: Business Insider, Fortune and WFLA-TV
CNN:
Donald Trump found guilty of all 34 charges in hush money trial
Erin Doherty / Axios:
TRUMP FOUND GUILTY ON ALL CHARGES
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump guilty on all counts in New York criminal trial
Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Trump aide declares Larry Hogan's campaign dead … - Hogan's call to respect the rule of law seems to have incensed at least one top Trump advisor.  — “You just ended your campaign,” said Chris LaCivita, a senior Trump advisor, on X in response to Hogan's comments.
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emptywheel:
Trump Convicted of Fraud to Cover-up Fucking a Sex Worker  —  The first five verdicts were guilty.  Updates as they come.  —  Update: All 34 counts came back guilty.  —  Update: Sentencing will be July 11, the week before the GOP Convention.  —  Update: The Biden campaign has issued this statement.
Axios:
America's seething right … - To Democrats, the unanimous conviction by a jury of Trump's peers is a stamp of accountability they've been pursuing for years — the ultimate proof that no one is above the law.  — To Republicans, it's a mockery of the justice system engineered for one purpose …
Politico:
Trump tries to spin guilty into gold
Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Biden campaign on Trump verdict: ‘No one is above the law’
Politico:
Biden secretly gave Ukraine permission to strike inside Russia with US weapons  —  It's a major reversal that will help Ukraine to better defend its second-largest city.  —  The Biden administration has quietly given Ukraine permission to strike inside Russia — solely near the area of Kharkiv …
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Isaac Schorr / Mediaite:
The Federalist CEO Calls For Republicans to Draw Up Lists of Democrats to ‘Put in Prison’ After Trump Verdict  —  Sean Davis, the CEO and co-founder of the the right-wing website The Federalist, called on Republicans to draw up lists of Democrats to “put in prison” in a social media post reacting …
Françoise Mouly / New Yorker:
John Cuneo's “A Man of Conviction”  —  The former President is found guilty on all thirty-four counts.  —  It's not the first time that news of a verdict against Donald J. Trump has been eagerly awaited by cartoonists, commentators, and the general public.
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Isaac Schorr / Mediaite:
Karl Rove Warns That a Guilty Verdict Could Cost Trump Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania
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Alex Christy / Newsbusters:
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New York Times:
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