NEW YORK (AP) — A sudden, decisive verdict in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial on Thursday led the media to simultaneously reflect on both the sweep of history and the most polarizing figure in modern American politics. Once the jury was seated in a Manhattan courtroom with no cameras allowed, word emerged quickly — the jury foreman pronounced Trump “guilty” 34 times, on all counts. Fox News analyst Andy McCarthy, whose words were quoted frequently by Trump most days when he spoke after the trial, had predicted the guilty verdict in the moments before it came down. One CNN message reported that no jurors looked over at Trump as they filed out of the courtroom after delivering the verdict. Before the verdict, TV news networks stayed on the case almost exclusively while waiting for news.

Source: Fox News May 31, 2024 15:56 UTC