It was an unprecedented process from the start. Never before had a US presidential candidate found himself in the defendant\u2019s dock, let alone in four different trials.
\nAfter 12 hours, the jury found Donald Trump guilty on 35 charges of falsifying business records to conceal his relationship with the porn star Stormy Daniels.
\nAccording to constitutional experts, the conviction does not preclude him from running for the presidency or even serving if elected. And that\u2019s something that has never happened before, plunging the US into uncharted political waters.
\nThe American former president insists he is innocent and will appeal, continuing his election campaign as usual. The penalty imposed on him on June 11th will likely be a hefty fine, and due to his clean criminal record and age, he will avoid imprisonment.
\nPerhaps someone else would have second thoughts and withdraw. But Donald Trump refuses to back down. He presents himself as a political prisoner persecuted by the Democrats and President Joe Biden, rallying his supporters in the process. He has even gone as far as comparing himself to Nelson Mandela, claiming that because he is accused of various crimes, he is akin to the South African democratic icon.
\nModerate Republican voters may think twice about supporting a convicted felon, as they say in America. However, the same doesn\u2019t hold true for his staunch supporters.
\nDespite being under indictment, polls had him leading in the presidential race. One can imagine how fervently Trump supporters will rush to his aid now that they believe he\u2019s unfairly targeted. The thought that he might have actually done something illegal is out of the question; they won\u2019t entertain it.
\nThey are ready to take up arms and resort to violence to defend him, or at least that\u2019s what they wrote on social media after his conviction.
\nThey will continue to pledge allegiance to him, believing he can \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d and that he is the best politician because he intervened to restrict abortion rights. Donald Trump\u2019s conviction is likely to work in his favor.Donald Trump’s conviction. unprecedented process, guilty on charges, uncharted political waters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Donald Trump was found guilty on 35 charges of falsifying business records to conceal his relationship with Stormy Daniels. Despite the conviction, he can still run for president and avoid imprisonment due to his clean criminal record and age. Trump continues to campaign, portraying himself as a political prisoner and rallying his supporters. Moderate Republican voters may reconsider their support, but his loyal followers remain steadfast, even willing to resort to violence in his defense. Trump’s conviction is expected to strengthen his appeal to his base.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2711,862,122,1972,3503,492,186,1221,3894,11809,4543,3635,3496,4117,166,1600,11167,5576,11811,11968,1420,756,2952,4434,634,6615,5863,6130,1021,4843,1670,678,8171,9232,1022,1812,817,9187,1358,841,11969,11967,380,134,1379],"class_list":["post-13985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","tag-abortion","tag-age","tag-aid","tag-appeal","tag-arms","tag-biden","tag-business","tag-campaign","tag-charges","tag-convicted","tag-conviction","tag-crimes","tag-defendant","tag-democrats","tag-donald-trump","tag-election","tag-election-campaign","tag-fine","tag-guilty","tag-guilty-on-charges","tag-indictment","tag-joe-biden","tag-media","tag-nelson","tag-opinion","tag-penalty","tag-polls","tag-porn","tag-presidency","tag-president","tag-president-joe-biden","tag-prisoner","tag-record","tag-relationship","tag-republican","tag-rights","tag-social-media","tag-stormy-daniels","tag-support","tag-trump","tag-uncharted-political-waters","tag-unprecedented-process","tag-us","tag-violence","tag-voters"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n