Trump Hush Money case: US President found Guilty on all 34 counts in hush money trial

In a historic turn of events, former US President Donald Trump has been convicted in a hush money case. He got ...

Updated: May 31, 2024 2:00 PM IST

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In a historic turn of events, former US President Donald Trump has been convicted in a hush money case.
He got found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records and a jury in New York for the hush money stuff and
this makes him the first ex-president in the U.S. to be found guilty of a crime.
So now let’s dive into this whole story..
The case is about claims that Trump paid hush money to an adult film actress, during his 2016 presidential campaign.
This adult film actress named Stormy Daniels said she had an affair with him.
Now, during the campaign, there were claims that Trump’s team paid her money to keep quiet about it.
Trump tried to hide that he paid back his lawyer, Michael Cohen, for giving $130,000 to Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about their supposed affair before the 2016 election.

Well, this big news is happening just five months before the next election, where Trump wants to become president again.
Meanwhile, In New York the judge who was in charge of Trump’s hush money trial said thank you to the jury for their hard work and for taking the case seriously.

As the legal fight goes on, it’s obvious that a former president getting convicted is a really big deal and has caused a lot of arguments and discussions all over the country.

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