A jury of twelve Americans found former President Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony charges of falsifying business records in his New York City criminal hush-money trial.
Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee in November's election, is the first former U.S. president in the nation’s history to be convicted of a crime.
Sentencing is scheduled for July 11.
“This was a rigged, disgraceful trial. The real verdict is going to be Nov. 5 by the people,” Trump said as he exited court.
Florida lawmakers on both sides of the aisle reacted to the announcement.
Gov. Ron DeSantis asserted that the trial was part of a concerted effort to "get" Trump.
Today’s verdict represents the culmination of a legal process that has been bent to the political will of the actors involved: a leftist prosecutor, a partisan judge and a jury reflective of one of the most liberal enclaves in America—all in an effort to “get” Donald Trump.
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) May 30, 2024
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Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, both Republicans, had strong feelings on the jury's verdict.
This was a sham trial and the clearest example we’ve ever seen of election interference. I am furious and no American is safe from Democrat political persecution.
— Rick Scott (@ScottforFlorida) May 30, 2024
Joe Biden and the Democrat machine manufactured a legal case against Trump to win an election. I went to New York… pic.twitter.com/Hp8oM81Fdn
The verdict in New York is a complete travesty that makes a mockery of our system of justice
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) May 30, 2024
A political show trial conducted by an openly pro-Biden judge whose daughter makes money off the case, a jury from the most liberal county in America, absurd and ridiculous charges and…
Rep. Val Demings said, "No one is above the law."
Attorney General Ashley Moody said, "Partisan prosecutors hijacked our criminal justice system."
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz posted, in part, "Even powerful ex-presidents face accountability."