WASHINGTON – The biggest thing to happen in politics this week was not here in D.C., but in New York where a jury found Donald Trump guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to help him win the 2016 election.
This historic verdict will make him the first convicted felon to run for the White House and its impact on the presidential race is unknown.
A MinnPost/Embold Research poll taken late last year showed that Republican voters were less likely to vote for Trump if he were convicted of a crime. But the so-called “hush money” case has been considered less serious than federal charges Trump faces, including inciting the Jan. 6 rioters and hiding classified documents in his Mar-A-Lago residence.
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This historic verdict will make him the first convicted felon to run for the White House and its impact on the presidential race is unknown.
A MinnPost/Embold Research poll taken late last year showed that Republican voters were less likely to vote for Trump if he were convicted of a crime. But the so-called “hush money” case has been considered less serious than federal charges Trump faces, including inciting the Jan. 6 rioters and hiding classified documents in his Mar-A-Lago residence.
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