Friday, May 31, 2024
The 7
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🗓️ 31 May 2024
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Friday briefing: Donald Trump’s sentencing date; President Biden and Ukraine; Direct File; northern lights; Spelling Bee; and more
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| 0:00.0 | Donald Trump has been found guilty on all counts. We have just gotten word |
| 0:07.1 | from our reporters in the court. Donald Trump has been found guilty on all 34 counts. |
| 0:13.7 | For the first time, a former US president is a convicted felon. |
| 0:18.8 | That's where we're starting the Seven from the Washington Post. |
| 0:21.6 | I'm Hannah Jewel. It's Friday, May 31st. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. |
| 0:30.0 | You just heard my colleague Libby Casey yesterday afternoon during our live coverage of this historic verdict. |
| 0:37.0 | That's when 12 jurors returned a unanimous judgment in Donald Trump's hush Money trial in New York. |
| 0:43.0 | They found him guilty on all counts of falsifying business records. |
| 0:47.0 | The falsified records were intended to conceal a hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election. |
| 0:55.8 | She alleges she had a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006. |
| 1:00.3 | But the case hinged on the question of whether those payments were part of a conspiracy to influence the 2016 election. |
| 1:07.0 | Trump is now the first former US president to be convicted of a crime. |
| 1:12.0 | The verdict propels the country into unprecedented territory |
| 1:16.0 | and its impact will reverberate across US politics. After the verdict, Trump lasted the trial. |
| 1:22.0 | The real verdict is going to be November 5th by the people |
| 1:27.0 | and they know what happened here and everybody knows what happened here. |
| 1:30.0 | November 5th is the day of the presidential election when Trump will try to reclaim the White House. |
| 1:37.0 | We are sticking with this story for number two. |
| 1:45.0 | Donald Trump's sentencing was set for July 11th. |
| 1:50.0 | The former president faces a maximum sentence of 16 months to 4 years in prison, |
| 1:55.4 | but prison time appears unlikely for a couple reasons. |
| 1:58.7 | Firstly, his age. |
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