Donald Trump Convicted As Lawyers Breathe Sigh Of Relief That They Can Keep Billing For The Appeal
The former president is now a convicted felon.
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Donald Trump has been found guilty on all 34 counts in his hush money trial.
The case remains legally dodgy. While the jury answered all the necessary factual allegations in the affirmative, whether or not this is legally enough to support a conviction will get hashed out on appeal. Is hush money really an illegal campaign contribution when it could never have legally been a campaign expenditure? Did Stormy Daniels prejudice the jury by getting into the skeevy details of her encounter with Trump, warranting a mistrial? All questions that the New York court system will grapple with. But for now, Donald Trump is a convicted criminal.
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And more importantly for his attorneys, he still has to keep paying them.
Joe Patrice is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. Feel free to email any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on Twitter if you’re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news. Joe also serves as a Managing Director at RPN Executive Search.
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