Trump live updates: Donald Trump to hold news conference after guilty verdict
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Former president and convicted felon Donald Trump is speaking at a press conference at Trump Tower following his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records.
The press conference is taking place where Trump launched his 2016 campaign when he descended his golden escalators in June 2015, and a couple of months later conspired to unlawfully influence the outcome.
He’s now proclaiming his innocence from the same atrium where he announced he was running.
Trump insisted on Thursday that he’s “a very innocent man” after the jury at his New York hush money trial found him guilty on all of the counts he faced, making him the first American president in history to be convicted of a crime.
The defendant sat emotionless as the jury delivered its unanimous verdict, convicting Trump of falsifying business records to cover up a $130,000 payment made to the porn star Stormy Daniels on his behalf in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election in order to buy her silence over a sexual encounter she claims they had a decade earlier, which Trump denies.
Watch live: Trump speaks after criminal conviction in hush money trial
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Holly Patrick31 May 2024 15:06
Stormy Daniels ‘thanked for taking one (inch) for the team’ after Trump guilty verdict
Stormy Daniels, the porn star at the centre of the Donald Trump hush money trial, has received a wave of praise following the announcement that the former president was guilty of 34 charges on Thursday.
Trump became the first president in US history to receive a criminal conviction and will now have to wait until July 11th to learn what the punishment for his crime will be.
Greg Evans31 May 2024 16:20
Trump addresses his age: ‘Normally I’d say that’s an old guy’
Trump addressed his age during his post-trial press conference during a tangent about a separate case.
“He’s 77 years old. Now normally I’d say that’s an old guy, but I don’t feel 77,” he said. “Nobody ever says that about me … they just don’t say that about me, but maybe I’m better off that way.”
Gustaf Kilander31 May 2024 16:20
PHOTOS: Trump speaks at post-verdict press conference
Gustaf Kilander31 May 2024 16:17
Trump says he ‘wanted to testify’
Trump yet again called the judge in his hush money case “highly conflicted” before going on to say he “wanted to testify.”
“I would have testified, I wanted to testify. The theory is you never testify because as soon as you testify for anybody, if it were George Washington – don’t testify because they’ll get you on something that you said slightly wrong, and then they sue you for perjury,” he said. “But I didn’t care about that, I wanted to.”
Gustaf Kilander31 May 2024 16:14
Trump blames ‘sick people’ for his conviction at post-trial press conference
Former President Donald Trump is speaking at a press conference after his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records.
He said those behind his conviction were “sick people.”
“We have a president and a group of fascists that don’t want to do anything about it,” he added. “He could stop it. But he’s not, they’re destroying our country.”
Gustaf Kilander31 May 2024 16:10
Piers Morgan defends Trump after ‘shameful’ trial verdict
Rather less happy with the news, and once more attempting to re-establish a degree of relevance in America he has not enjoyed for some years, the British conservative broadcaster has also contributed his two cents.
Jacob Stolworthy has this one.
Joe Sommerlad31 May 2024 16:00
Trump to speak from venue where he announced 2016 campaign
The Trump press conference is taking place where Trump launched his 2016 campaign when he descended his golden escalators in June 2015, and a couple of months later conspired to unlawfully influence the outcome.
He’s now going to proclaim his innocence from the same atrium where he announced he was running.
Alex Woodward31 May 2024 15:55
PHOTOS: Opponents and supporters of Donald Trump gather outside Trump Tower
Gustaf Kilander31 May 2024 15:53
Elon Musk backs Trump and says ‘great damage’ has been done to faith in US justice system
The great genius of our time speaks.
Joe Sommerlad31 May 2024 15:40
