Former President Donald Trump was found guilty Thursday by a New York jury on 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal his reimbursement to Michael Cohen for payments to Stormy Daniels and others ahead of the 2016 election.
Now that the verdict has been delivered, Judge Juan Merchan is expected to sentence Trump in the coming days even as the Republican nominee is preparing for the 2024 presidential election.
The trial of the former president and presumptive Republican nominee has consumed media coverage since it began April 15 and has largely become a central focus of the 2024 presidential election between Trump and his rival, President Joe Biden.
Bragg formally charged Trump in April 2023.
