AceNewsDesk – Former President Donald Trump walks out of a Manhattan courtroom May 30, 2024, at the conclusion of his trial in New York. (AP)

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Ace Press News From Cutting Room Floor: Published: May.31: 2024: TELEGRAM Ace Daily News Link https://t.me/YouMeUs2 

In a landmark moment in U.S. political and legal history, a Manhattan jury on May 30 found former President Donald Trump guilty of multiple felony counts.

A unanimous jury in the Manhattan case concluded that Trump was guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records in an alleged scheme to cover up a hush money payment to adult film actor Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election. 

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Trump, who was president from January 2017 to January 2021, has been the presumptive  Republican nominee against the incumbent Democratic president, Joe Biden. It’s unclear how the 34-count conviction could affect the presidential race but, no matter what happens, Trump is still allowed to run for president.

Sentencing is to come July 11, four days before the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, where Trump is slated to be formally nominated as the party’s presidential candidate.

The Manhattan case is the first of four Trump trials. Because of legal delays in two federal cases on documents and election interference and a Georgia election interference case, it may end up being the only trial to reach a jury verdict before November’s election. 

We know what could happen next: Since Trump has been convicted, when will sentencing occur? How would an appeal play out?

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Sentencing is scheduled for July 11 in the Manhattan courthouse and will be overseen by Judge Juan Merchan, who presided over the trial. 

Trump is all but certain to appeal if he is convicted. He has 30 days to state in writing that he will appeal. He would have months more to file his actual appeal, said Karen Friedman Agnifilo, criminal defense attorney and former executive chief of the trial division and chief assistant district attorney at the Manhattan District attorney’s office. Once the appeal is filed, it would still take additional months before the appeals court hears oral arguments and potentially months more before the court renders a decision. 

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It would not be unusual for the process to take a year or more, experts said:

Will Trump still have the Secret Service if he goes to prison?

The Secret Service, which handles former presidents’ security, has been planning for the possibility of Trump’s incarceration for gag order violations or a postconviction sentence, The New York Times, CBS and ABC have reported.

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“For all settings around the world, the U.S. Secret Service studies locations and develops comprehensive and layered protective models that incorporate state of the art technology, protective intelligence and advanced security tactics to safeguard those we protect,” Special Agent Joe Routh told PolitiFact before the verdict. “In order to maintain operational security, we do not comment on specific protective operations.”

Can Trump still run for president after his conviction?

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Yes. The U.S. Constitution upholds the principle that voters decide who should represent them, and its qualifications are limited to natural-born citizenship, age (35 by Inauguration Day) and U.S. residency (14 years).

Will Trump lose his voting rights?

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That’s unlikely. 

Trump is a registered voter in Palm Beach County, Florida. The Florida Department of State website states that “a felony conviction in another state makes a person ineligible to vote in Florida only if the conviction would make the person ineligible to vote in the state where the person was convicted.” 

New York law passed in 2021 that restores voting rights for people convicted of felonies upon their release from prison. Voters don’t lose their right to vote unless in jail, serving a sentence for a felony conviction. People whose prison sentences are held pending appeal do not lose their voting rights. 

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