# Trump's trial just ended--let's predict the verdict! (Verdict is Guilty on All Counts May 30, 2024) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [May 29, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-trial-just-ended-lets-predict-the-verdict-verdict-is-guilty-on-all-counts-may-30-2024/1002224 "2024-05-29T11:01:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-trial-just-ended-lets-predict-the-verdict-verdict-is-guilty-on-all-counts-may-30-2024/1002224/61 "2024-05-30T21:12:45Z")
Justice at last. There is still hope for this country. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-trial-just-ended-lets-predict-the-verdict-verdict-is-guilty-on-all-counts-may-30-2024/1002224/62 "2024-05-30T21:13:33Z")
WOW. I’m surprised how emotional I am about this - I was practically shaking upon hearing the announcement that a verdict was in, which I heard a good 15 minutes before hearing the actual verdict itself. I don’t know what to expect next - will his supporters riot in the streets? Or just shrug while the inevitable appeals process drags out? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-trial-just-ended-lets-predict-the-verdict-verdict-is-guilty-on-all-counts-may-30-2024/1002224/63 "2024-05-30T21:14:42Z")
Never more pleased to be wrong about a trial’s outcome. Should be some epic Trumpian raging on social media. Can appeals be drawn out past the election, or does it matter since cult members will vote for him even if he’s behind bars? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-trial-just-ended-lets-predict-the-verdict-verdict-is-guilty-on-all-counts-may-30-2024/1002224/64 "2024-05-30T21:15:17Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Guilty verdict before the end of the week. Nailed it! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-trial-just-ended-lets-predict-the-verdict-verdict-is-guilty-on-all-counts-may-30-2024/1002224/65 "2024-05-30T21:16:14Z")
Yeah! My son (who works in a Florida prison) just messaged me asking what I thought Trump would carry in his prison wallet. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-trial-just-ended-lets-predict-the-verdict-verdict-is-guilty-on-all-counts-may-30-2024/1002224/66 "2024-05-30T21:16:58Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Nailed it! I was calling for a guilty verdict, but thought it would take longer. That was quick! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-trial-just-ended-lets-predict-the-verdict-verdict-is-guilty-on-all-counts-may-30-2024/1002224/67 "2024-05-30T21:18:01Z")
Fucking excellent. The son of a bitch finally got some measure of come-uppance. I will sleep well tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-trial-just-ended-lets-predict-the-verdict-verdict-is-guilty-on-all-counts-may-30-2024/1002224/68 "2024-05-30T21:22:14Z")
Sweet. Ex-POTUS to Felon. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-trial-just-ended-lets-predict-the-verdict-verdict-is-guilty-on-all-counts-may-30-2024/1002224/69 "2024-05-30T21:26:47Z")
Batten down the hatches, if you live in a red state. It’s gonna get bumpy, I fear. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-trial-just-ended-lets-predict-the-verdict-verdict-is-guilty-on-all-counts-may-30-2024/1002224/70 "2024-05-30T21:42:09Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Never more pleased to be wrong about a trial’s outcome. Me too! ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-trial-just-ended-lets-predict-the-verdict-verdict-is-guilty-on-all-counts-may-30-2024/1002224/71 "2024-05-30T21:44:17Z")
I was pleased to be right! ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-trial-just-ended-lets-predict-the-verdict-verdict-is-guilty-on-all-counts-may-30-2024/1002224/72 "2024-05-30T21:45:47Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > The verdict is in! And there are reports that the jury is not hung on any count. I voted “hung jury”, but you don’t get a hung jury after one day of deliberation. So i knew that meant they agreed. I guess the “what does this mean?” Belongs in q different thread? And 🥳 🎉 🎇 🎆 🎊 ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-trial-just-ended-lets-predict-the-verdict-verdict-is-guilty-on-all-counts-may-30-2024/1002224/73 "2024-05-30T21:52:25Z")
Justice was done. Now it needs to happen elsewhere, only this time the sentencing guidelines for multiple felons will apply. It’s a great day for the United States of America. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-trial-just-ended-lets-predict-the-verdict-verdict-is-guilty-on-all-counts-may-30-2024/1002224/74 "2024-05-30T21:53:34Z")
Welcome back @Airman_Doors_USAF, it’s been a while! Glad you can be here to share in the celebrations! ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-trial-just-ended-lets-predict-the-verdict-verdict-is-guilty-on-all-counts-may-30-2024/1002224/75 "2024-05-30T21:57:59Z")
I’ve been quiet for a long time because, frankly, my politics have changed so completely that I wouldn’t even know how to proceed and people would think my account had been hijacked. But for this, I’m posting on the side of the angels because it’s a momentous occasion and never before have we had such a despicable, loathsome creature threatening the very foundation of our country. Those facts alone compel me to comment upon it. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-trial-just-ended-lets-predict-the-verdict-verdict-is-guilty-on-all-counts-may-30-2024/1002224/76 "2024-05-30T22:03:22Z")
I’m not sure I have ever seen The New York Times use such a large font. Limited gift link supplied. _Mr. Trump was convicted on [all 34 counts of falsifying business records](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/05/30/nyregion/trump-hush-money-verdict.html) by a jury of 12 New Yorkers, who deliberated over two days to reach a decision in a case rife with descriptions of secret deals, tabloid scandal and an Oval Office pact with echoes of Watergate. The former president sat largely expressionless, a glum look on his face, after the jury issued its verdict. His sentencing was scheduled for July 11._ _The jury found that Mr. Trump had faked records to conceal the purpose of money given to his onetime fixer, Michael D. Cohen. The false records disguised the payments as ordinary legal expenses when in truth, Mr. Trump was reimbursing Mr. Cohen for a $130,000 hush-money deal the fixer struck with the porn star Stormy Daniels to silence her account of a sexual liaison with Mr. Trump._ _The felony conviction calls for a sentence of [up to four years behind bars](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/nyregion/trump-convicted-jail-penalties.html), but Mr. Trump may never see the inside of a prison cell. He could receive probation when he is sentenced, and he is certain to appeal the verdict — meaning it may be years before the case is resolved. Still, the jury’s decision is an indelible moment in America’s history, concluding the only one of four criminal cases against Mr. Trump that was likely to go to trial before Election Day._ > **[Live Updates: Trump Guilty on All Counts in Hush-Money Case](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/30/nyregion/trump-trial-verdict?u2g=c&unlocked_article_code=1.v00.MB8v.yvRcuPrtQ6TM&smid=url-share)** > > Donald J. Trump, the former president and presumptive 2024 Republican nominee, was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a case stemming from a payment that silenced a porn star. ---
**Author:** ![Drum\_God](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drum_god/32/44_2.png) [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-trial-just-ended-lets-predict-the-verdict-verdict-is-guilty-on-all-counts-may-30-2024/1002224/77 "2024-05-30T22:04:24Z")
[Guilty!](https://youtu.be/uKZL2ogi2h4?si=AZOcSdVjPEN7crV9) ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-trial-just-ended-lets-predict-the-verdict-verdict-is-guilty-on-all-counts-may-30-2024/1002224/78 "2024-05-30T22:06:22Z")
Just for fun. (More gift links.) > **[Live updates: Donald Trump found guilty on all counts in N.Y. hush money trial](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/30/trump-hush-money-trial-live-updates-jury-deliberations/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzE3MDQxNjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzE4NDIzOTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MTcwNDE2MDAsImp0aSI6ImU2NmQzY2JlLTRmNzctNDExOS05ZmYxLWEwMDc2MDQxZWZhNyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy8yMDI0LzA1LzMwL3RydW1wLWh1c2gtbW9uZXktdHJpYWwtbGl2ZS11cGRhdGVzLWp1cnktZGVsaWJlcmF0aW9ucy8ifQ.JuH-_PZ4b8jScwUEJQhvjShdG9_x6xUz_aukSNu1GZk&itid=gfta)** > > Donald Trump is the first former president convicted of a crime. > **[Trump found guilty in hush-money trial – live](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/may/30/trump-hush-money-trial-verdict)** > > Follow latest updates after 12 jurors have concluded weighing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records against Trump ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-trial-just-ended-lets-predict-the-verdict-verdict-is-guilty-on-all-counts-may-30-2024/1002224/79 "2024-05-30T22:07:40Z")
[![](https://readingdoonesbury.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/guilty.gif) ](https://readingdoonesbury.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/guilty.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-trial-just-ended-lets-predict-the-verdict-verdict-is-guilty-on-all-counts-may-30-2024/1002224/80 "2024-05-30T22:09:15Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > I’m not sure I have ever seen The New York Times use such a large font. Font? That’s not a font. [This is a font](https://www.huffpost.com/). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-trial-just-ended-lets-predict-the-verdict-verdict-is-guilty-on-all-counts-may-30-2024/1002224.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-trial-just-ended-lets-predict-the-verdict-verdict-is-guilty-on-all-counts-may-30-2024/1002224.md?page=5)