A New York jury on Thursday found former US President Donald Trump guilty on all charges in the hush-hush case of a porn actress.

Trump was found guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records in an attempt to hide a $130,000 payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels to buy her silence in 2016, shortly before the presidential election.

Thus, Trump became the first former president in the history of the United States to be convicted of a crime.

The jury of 12 people reached this verdict on Thursday afternoon after deliberations that began one day earlier.
Judge Juan Merchan rejected the acquittal request and set July 11 as the date for sentencing.

Trump, who is widely expected to appeal the ruling later, described the hush-buying trial against him as “rigged” and a “disgrace.”

Both Trump and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg left the courtroom shortly after the verdict was read and confirmed with jurors.

The trial began on April 15.
Trump, the first former US president to face a criminal trial and the Republican Party's presumptive presidential nominee in the 2024 general election, also faces three other criminal indictments.