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Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives back at Trump Tower after being convicted in his criminal trial in New York on May 30, 2024. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images
A Manhattan jury took fewer than 12 hours to return a verdict in former President Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial, finding him guilty of 34 counts of falsification of business records with the intent to conceal another crime.
The former president’s conviction makes him the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime.
Samantha Flom was a reporter for The Epoch Times covering U.S. politics and news. A graduate of Syracuse University, she has a background in journalism and nonprofit communications.