Law

Jurors unanimously agreed Trump was guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records

2:30pm May 31, 2024

The Manhattan DA’s office started the investigation in 2018. It went to the Supreme Court twice to get Donald Trump’s tax records, and it wasinvestigated through two different DAs.

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President Trump Holds A Press Conference At Trump Tower Day After Guilty Verdict

Trump repeats claims — without evidence — that his trial was rigged

2:00pm May 31, 2024

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Former President Donald Trump reiterated many of claims — without evidence — that his criminal trial was rigged, a day after a New York jury found him guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records.

Politics & Government

4 takeaways from the historic felony conviction of Donald Trump

11:21am May 31, 2024

by Domenico Montanaro

Despite the guilty verdict, Trump remains the Republican nominee for president. Here's how the conviction is already playing out for the campaign.

Former assistant U.S. attorney weighs in on Trump verdict

9:03pm May 30, 2024

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Randall Eliason, former assistant U.S. attorney of D.C. who now teaches white collar criminal law, about his perception of Trump's hush money trial.

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The next legal steps for Trump

9:03pm May 30, 2024

by Carrie Johnson

Former President Donald Trump has been convicted by a New York jury on 34 felony counts -- the first criminal conviction for a former American president. Here are the next legal steps for Trump.

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NYU law professor on what she'll be paying attention to ahead of Trump's sentencing

9:03pm May 30, 2024

NYU Law School professor Melissa Murray and co-author of The Trump Indictments: The Historic Charging Documents with Commentary talks with NPR's Scott Detrow about Trump's hush money trial verdict.

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Jury Continues Deliberations In Trump Hush Money Trial

Former President Trump is found guilty in historic New York criminal case

8:56pm May 30, 2024

Trump has been found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, a historic verdict as Trump campaigns again for the White House.

Michael Cohen's former lawyer Lanny Davis discusses Trump verdict

7:59pm May 30, 2024

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Lanny Davis, who represented Michael Cohen in the past, about his reaction to the Trump verdict and the role of testimony from the former fixer and lawyer in the trial.

The scene in the courtroom when Trump's verdict was announced

7:59pm May 30, 2024

by Andrea Bernstein

The once and would-be president is now a convicted felon. Former President Trump has been convicted of of 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.

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Georgetown law professor reacts to Trump verdict

7:59pm May 30, 2024

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Georgetown Law professor and attorney Paul Butler -- a former federal prosecutor and expert on criminal law -- about former President Trump's guilty hush money verdict.

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