(9) The Guilty Verdict against Donald Trump and its Implications

   

After a trial that went on and on for 5 weeks, Donald Trump was declared "guilty" in the Hush Money trial case at a court in Manhattan, New York City a few weeks ago! The entire country is still in a state of shock, following this. 
The formal accusation in this case alleged that Trump was a part of an illegal conspiracy to undermine the integrity of the 2016 Presidential Elections. While hush money payments are not illegal in themselves, each charge was tied to a specific allegedly false entry among the financial records of the Trump Organization. Stormy Daniels, a pornstar filed a case against Trump alleging him of trying to conceal some hard facts that could have gone against him in the 2016 Presidential Election. She alleged that the former President had paid her 130,000 dollars in 2016, to keep her mouth shut about their affair in the year 2006 to maintain his reputation as a candidate worthy of getting elected as the POTUS (President of the United States). Since each charge was tied to a specific allegedly false entry among the financial records of the Trump Organization, it is believed that the whole thing became big enough for the Judge to declare Trump "guilty". It was a long trial that began in the middle of April 2024 and ended at the end of May 2024. According to Republican party members and Trump himself, it was a sham trial. There was no case at all. This was all done to harass him as a part of the election interference carried out by Joe Biden and his team. Judge Briggs was a Democratic party supporter, and his daughter was a fund-raiser for that party. The DA (District Attorney) was partially against Trump. 
Trump was under a Gag order that prevented him from defending himself against all kinds of allegations, implanted upon him one by one. It was not a fair trial at all. Eventually, Trump lost it, and the judge declared him "guilty" in this Hush Money case as well as on 34 other felony charges!!! 

There is about a 50% chance that Trump will get a jail sentence, after this conviction. If that happens, not just politics but the entire atmosphere inside the United States will become extremely volatile after that. Trump has vowed to take this case to the higher courts and win it over there. The Republican Party has his back. All those Republicans who genuinely love this country are filled with anger. A lot of them think - "How can Biden do this? How can he weaponize the justice system of the country so much so that the leading candidate of his opposite party, ends up in jail, especially during the time of the Presidential Elections?? Surely, it's some "banana republic.” It's a shame that such misuse of power is happening in the United States, which looks like some third-world nation right now."
If Trump gets a jail sentence, he can still run for office from there. There is nothing in the Constitution of the US that prevents a convicted person from running for the highest office. Trump is determined to run, and he will come clean, no matter what happens. Meanwhile, if he loses the Presidential Election in November, then it's "Game Over" for him. He will have to serve the entire jail sentence, which can be a long one too, after which he would be too old to gather his strength and run again. 
But if he wins the Presidency back, while in jail, he can first of all take the Oath of Office from jail. Then immediately, pass a Presidential executive order, which will relieve him from all kinds of indictments, felony charges, and punishments imposed upon him forever, without any legal proceedings to be carried out in the future at all, till he is alive. 
Suppose he gets a punishment that doesn't include a jail sentence then the path ahead is much easier for him to tread upon. Judge Briggs may ask him to pay some amount to Stormy Daniels once again, as well as to the Manhattan court, for trying to conceal his relationship with the porn star. He will pay that amount and get relieved from the case, after that. 

Implications of this judgment:
The implications of the Hush Money trial case judgment are already massive. In the  polls that were done after the verdict of this case, Trump's lead over Biden had widened. He was leading by an average of 1.5 points in about 12 polls carried nationwide. Now he is leading by more than 2.5 points on average in those polls. Most of these polls were carried out not just on Republicans but on all people of the United States, which include those who are leaning towards the Democratic party also. Despite this, Trump's lead widened. This shows most citizens of this country know how wickedly Joe Biden and his team had acted to declare Trump "guilty" in the Hush Money Trial case. They knew he was innocent and didn't deserve any kind of punishment. The minds of some of those voting for blue might be with Biden but their hearts are with Trump now. He is a victim of all these falsehoods & lies and deserves sympathy right now and their votes in November. 
Trump was also able to gather 141-million-dollar worth of Election funds after being pronounced "Guilty" in the above case. That also shows that the support from his followers has remained unchanged, despite being proven Guilty. It is growing at a rapid pace now and developing into a Tsunami gradually, but definitely. 


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