Former President Donald Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts when the jury rendered its verdict Thursday, the first time a former president (also the presumptive Republican presidential nominee) has been convicted of a crime. The Rubicon has been crossed, and many people have weighed in with reactions, including The Heritage Foundation.
Trump will appeal, following what he called “a rigged, disgraceful trial.”
“We will fight for our Constitution,” the former president said. “This is long from over.”
Sentencing before Judge Juan Merchan is scheduled for July 11, just four days before the Republican National Convention opens.
The 34 charges in this case all related to invoices that were submitted to—and payments made by—Trump in 2017, after he had been elected president. The invoices were submitted by his then-personal attorney, Michael Cohen, who…
