Donald Trump found guilty on all 34 felony charges in historic trial

The jury in  Donald Trump ’s criminal hush money trial has found the former president guilty of all  34 felony counts  against him. They delivered their verdict late Thursday afternoon  after two days  of deliberations that spanned 9 1/2 hours.



Prosecutors accused Trump of falsifying internal business records to cover up hush money payments tied to an alleged scheme to bury stories that might torpedo his 2016 White House bid.



At  the heart of the charges  were reimbursements paid to Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen for a $130,000 hush money payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels in exchange for not going public with her claim about a 2006 sexual encounter with Trump.



Prosecutors say the reimbursements were falsely logged as “legal expenses” to hide the true nature of the transactions.



The charges Trump faces are punishable by up to four years in prison. He has denied all wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty.



The case is the first of  Trump’s four indictments  to reach trial and is the first-ever criminal case against a former U.S. president.