Following former President Donald Trump’s landmark conviction in the “hush money” trial in New York, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg thanked the jury and stated that he had done his job.
A jury of 12 New Yorkers convicted Trump on all 34 counts of falsifying business documents to conceal a $130,000 payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election. After a six-week trial, the jury issued the historic conviction, making Trump the first former president to face a felony conviction.
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Bragg declined to comment on whether he will petition the judge for a prison term, saying his team will talk in court files. Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on July 11, four days before the Republican National Convention, at which he is expected to secure the party’s presidential nomination.
“While this defendant may be unlike any other in American history, we arrived at this trial and ultimately today at this verdict in the same manner as every other case that comes through the courtroom doors,” Bragg stated.
Prosecutors claimed that Trump approved a scheme to alter checks and other records in order to prevent voters from learning about an alleged sexual encounter with Daniels in 2006. The former president had pleaded not guilty on all counts, telling reporters after the decision was read that the trial was “rigged” and the case was a “disgrace.”
Bragg started his remarks by thanking the 12 jurors and alternates for their service.
“First and foremost, I want to thank the jury for its service,” Bragg stated. “Jurors fulfill a basic civic role. Their service is the foundation of our legal system.”
In response to criticism from Trump fans, Bragg stated that the “only voice that matters is the voice of the jury, and the jury has spoken.”.
