What Trump’s New York Hush Money Conviction Was All About

Donald Trump became the first former US president to be convicted of a crime after a May 30 verdict that’s sure to play a sizable role in his efforts to regain the White House.

After two days of deliberations, a New York jury found Trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal a hush-money payment to adult-film star Stormy Daniels on the eve of the 2016 election. Prosecutors said Trump approved the payout to keep Daniels from going public with her claim that she had sex with Trump a decade earlier. The jury held that Trump falsified Trump Organization records as part of the scheme, and that he did so with the intent to violate election laws.