A legal expert has weighed in on what Donald Trump’s guilty conviction means for his presidential run, with the billionaire businessman now a convicted felon. Former US president Trump was found guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business documents to cover up a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election. The 12-person jury reached its verdict on Thursday night, local time. Trump, 77, pleaded not guilty and denies the alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Daniels.
” Trump faces a maximum sentence of four years in prison, however other people convicted of the same white-collar crimes often receive shorter sentences, fines, or probation. Trump is expected to appeal. He also faces three other criminal prosecutions but they are not expected to go to trial before the November 5 election. Trump has hit out at the conviction soon afterwards, saying: “This was a disgrace. This was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who is corrupt.