Trump’s Conviction in Hush-Money Case: What Comes Next?

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🗓️ 2 June 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Former President Donald Trump is pledging to appeal his conviction on 34 charges of falsifying business records, connected to a hush-money payment to cover up an alleged affair with porn star Stormy Daniels. But that appeal could be months or years away, and the guilty verdict raises questions about the law and what it means for a convicted felon to be running for president. WSJ law reporter James Fanelli explains what happens between now and sentencing, and WSJ political reporter Alex Leary digs into the ramifications for the 2024 presidential race. Danny Lewis hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Further Reading: Trump Guilty Verdict Rocks 2024 Presidential Campaign Trump Decries Guilty Verdict, Presses Ahead With Campaign Against Biden Trump’s Conviction: A History of WSJ’s Hush-Money Investigation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:21.0	Hey what's news listeners? It's Sunday June 2nd. I'm Danny Lewis for the Wall Street Journal.
0:26.0	This is What's News Sunday, the show where we tackle the big questions about the biggest stories in the news by reaching out to our colleagues across the newsroom to help explain what's happening in our world.
0:37.0	This week we're checking in with W.S.J. reporters who have been covering Donald Trump's New York hush money trial and what his felony conviction
0:44.8	this past week could mean for his political future.
0:48.6	This is a case where if they can do this to me they can do this to anyone.
0:55.0	That's from Trump's press conference on Friday.
0:58.0	The morning after the jury found him guilty on all 34 charges of falsifying business records in 2016 to hide payments to
1:05.6	porn star Stormy Daniels to cover up an alleged affair. This is a scam.
1:10.0	There's a rigged trial. It shouldn't have been in that venue. We shouldn't have had that judge.
1:16.0	And like many of his recent comments at the courthouse,
1:19.0	Trump blended his legal challenges with his political campaign.
1:22.0	I've had to pay thousands of dollars in penalties. legal challenges with his political campaign.
1:22.6	I've had to pay thousands of dollars in penalties and fines and was threatened with
1:27.4	jail.
1:29.2	Think of it, I'm the leading candidate.
1:32.4	I'm leading Biden by a lot and I'm leading the Republicans to the point where
1:37.8	that's over. But this is unprecedented in American political history and there are a lot of questions about what happens next as this and Trump's other criminal cases continue through the legal system.
1:51.0	Reporter James Finelli has been covering the trial for the Wall Street Journal.
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