A day after a New York jury found Donald Trump guilty of 34 felony charges, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee will address the conviction and likely attempt to cast his campaign in a new light.
Former President Donald Trump sits in Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, on May 20, 2024. in Donald Trump 's criminal hush money trial, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee will likely look to cast the conviction and his campaign in a new light.Trump was convicted of 34 felony charges in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment to a porn actor who said the two had sex.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said it was a “shameful day in American history” and labeled the charges as “purely political.” South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, who has been one of Trump’s most frequent allies, said, “This verdict says more about the system than the allegations.” And while Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell refrained from attacking the judge or jury, he said the charges “never should have been brought in the first place.”Donald Trump may have been convicted of a felony and reside in Florida, a state notorious for restricting the voting rights of felons, butThat’s because Florida defers to other states’ disenfranchisement rules for residents convicted of out-of-state felonies.
“If a Floridian’s voting rights are restored in the state of conviction, they are restored under Florida law,” Blair Bowie of the Campaign Legal Center wrote in a post explaining the state of law, noting that people without Trump’s legal resources are often confused by Florida’s complex rules.Now comes the sentencing and the prospect of a prison sentence. A lengthy appellate process could follow, especially as Trump's legal team has already been laying the groundwork for an appeal.
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