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The most significant development came from a Manhattan courtroom, where a jury found Trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. The charges stem from payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence adult film actress Stormy Daniels about an alleged affair. Prosecutors argued that the payments were disguised in company records to conceal their true purpose â influencing the election by preventing damaging information from becoming public.
Presiding over the case, Juan Merchan rejected Trumpâs efforts to dismiss the verdict or overturn the conviction. In his ruling, Merchan stated that the attempts to invalidate the juryâs decision lacked legal merit and emphasized that the justice system must apply equally to all defendants, regardless of their political status. The conviction, he confirmed, will remain part of the permanent legal record.
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