Donald Trump has become the first former US president to be convicted of felony crimes as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to an adult film actress who said the two had sex. Jurors convicted Trump on all 34 counts after deliberating for nine-and-a-half hours.

Donald Trump has become the first former US president to be convicted of felony crimes as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to an adult film actress who said the two had sex. Jurors convicted Trump on all 34 counts after deliberating for nine-and-a-half hours.