Donald Trump once again denounces a “highly political witch hunt”
Around 10 p.m. Paris time, the former American president spoke on his social network Truth Social.
“My civil rights have been totally violated with this highly political, unconstitutional and electorally interfering witch hunt,” he lamented.
The jury asks for a few additional minutes to complete the different forms
While the jury agreed on a verdict, the 12 Americans asked for an additional 30 minutes to fill out the various forms, according to CNN journalists present in the courtroom.
“Please, no reaction”: the judge asks the room to remain calm when the verdict is announced
Seconds after a verdict in Donald Trump’s trial was announced, Judge Juan Merchan said: “Please, let there be no reaction, no explosion of any kind” at the time. of the verdict, report our American colleagues.
The jury announces having found a verdict
This is the end of the suspense. The jury has completed its deliberations in the Stormy Daniels case, the judge announced. The verdict will be announced shortly.
The different verdict scenarios available to the jury
Before giving their verdict, the 12 jurors were invited to deliberate and decide unanimously on each of the 34 counts.
To convict a criminal defendant, U.S. law requires jurors to be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt. The defense therefore only needed a juror refusing to convict Donald Trump to obtain a reprieve, or even a victory.
But the 12 jurors could also come to a conclusion of disagreement. The trial would therefore have been canceled, not preventing another trial from being organized, unless the prosecution dropped the charges. It remains to be seen whether a new trial could be held before the presidential election.
A look back at six weeks of historic trial
Stories of sex, money and politics: For six weeks, Donald Trump attended – without testifying – his historic criminal trial in Manhattan court in New York.
The former president of the United States, who aspires to return to the White House, was accused of being involved in 34 falsifications of accounting documents, intended to hide a payment of 130,000 dollars to the porn actress Stormy Daniels to avoid a sex scandal at the very end of his 2016 presidential campaign.
According to prosecutor Joshua Steinglass, “the heart of this case is a conspiracy and a cover-up” to win the election against Hillary Clinton in 2016.