Trump Bungled the Trial  —  A conviction wasn't inevitable.  —  It may not have been the trial that the country deserves, but it's the trial that we got.  —  On Thursday, Donald Trump became the first president in U.S. history to become a convicted felon thanks to a jury of 12 New Yorkers.

Johnson urges Supreme Court to “step in” on Trump verdict … - Trump's legal team has said they plan to appeal, though they would first have to go through New York appellate courts before reaching the U.S. Supreme Court. … - “I think that the Justices on the court - I know many of them personally …

Queens man convicted  —  Former Jamaica Estates resident Donald Trump was convicted by a Manhattan jury on Thursday of 34 counts of falsifying business records in an effort to cover up a sex scandal he feared would ruin his chances of winning the 2016 presidential election.

Trump supporters call for riots and violent retribution after verdict  —  Supporters of former President Donald Trump, enraged by his conviction on 34 felony counts by a New York jury, flooded pro-Trump websites with calls for riots, revolution and violent retribution.

‘I Want To See Lists of Which Democrats Are Going to Prison’  —  It's a different world than the one we woke up in yesterday: Donald Trump has been convicted on all charges in his New York hush money/business records trial.  The rest of the cases against him might not be wrapped up before the November election—or ever, if he wins.

A possibility many Republicans won't consider: Trump did something wrong  —  What if the indictments and the investigations were not, as Trump insists, political attacks but, instead, a valid response to Trump's actions?  —  When Alvin Bragg first announced his candidacy to serve …

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 …

Trump will likely be allowed to vote, despite felony convictions  —  The former president is expected to remain eligible because he was convicted in New York, where felon voting laws are more lenient than in Republican-dominated Florida.  —  Thousands of Florida residents lose their right …

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Guilt Complex: Trump's Felony Convictions Are a Big Political Problem  —  Even for a politician who skates away from scandal, this week complicates Trump's path to election.  —  Yes, it's obviously true that a 34-count felony conviction would be enough to demolish the career of any normal politician.