The guilty verdict in former President Donald Trump’s hush-money trial in Manhattan has shaken up the 2024 White House race in some ways and failed to move the needle in others. It remains to be seen whether the result will help determine a winner in his expected rematch against President Joe Biden, but the Republican powerhouse is far away from no longer being competitive due to the case.
A New York jury convicted Trump last Thursday on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to allegedly cover up payments in a bid to conceal a tryst with adult film star Stormy Daniels as part of a “catch-and-kill” scheme to influence the 2016 election. Trump, who denied the affair and pleaded not guilty to the charges, said he would be “appealing this scam.” Sentencing is scheduled for July 11.
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