Donald Trump has been found guilty of using a criminal hush-money scheme to influence the outcome of the 2016 election.

The verdict came after a jury deliberated for less than twelve hours in the unprecedented first criminal trial against a US president. It marks a perilous political moment for Trump, the presumptive nominee for the Republican nomination, whose poll numbers have remained unchanged throughout the trial but could tank at any moment.

  • adam_y@lemmy.world
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    27 days ago

    And yet he’ll still get votes.

    Whilst I’ve been waiting for this day for ages, it gives me no pleasure to realise it means very little.