The criminal trial against former US President Donald Trump (2017-2021), a historic trial that ended this Thursday with a “guilty” verdict by the jury, was marked by the following problems:

1. What role did the “romance” play with Stormy Daniels?

Although the former porn actress came to testify in the courtroom and was replete with grisly details, the 2006 sexual episode with Trump (which he has always denied) was not the subject of this trial, and so the trial did not decide whether the relationship took place or not. This simply reinforced his reputation as a womanizer.

2. Stormy’s irregular payment from Michael Cohen

The crux of the trial was to prove that Trump asked his former lawyer and right-hand man Michael Cohen to pay her $130,000 to hide the relationship, and then falsify those payments to avoid interfering in the 2016 election.

3. Cohen’s controversial profile

Cohen has gone from Trump’s right-hand man and devoted admirer – and as such, in charge of carrying out more or less secret tasks – to an avowed enemy, but these swings, and the fact that he admitted to lying in a previous trial, have brought him down authority, although in the end the jury found the former president guilty.

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4. Twelve citizens who were sentenced

The jury consisted of seven men and five women randomly selected from New York City residents. They are quite a diverse bunch: according to profiles leaked to the press (without identifying them), they include two lawyers, two merchants, two engineers, a physiotherapist, another speech therapist, a teacher, a pensioner, a fashionable saleswoman and a banker.

5. Did they have to find him guilty on all 34 counts?

No: the jury had the option of finding him guilty on some or all of the charges, but ultimately found him guilty on 34 counts in separate decisions. According to the golden rule of juries, all charges had to be accepted unanimously.

6. Will Trump go to jail if convicted?

A judge’s decision of guilt may result in a probationary period of up to 4 years. The New York Times notes that a prison sentence of less than one year can be served in a city jail, or if longer, in a state prison.

7. Can Trump become president after being found guilty?

The Constitution does not say anything about a candidate’s criminal record. The only conditions are where you were born (USA), your age (minimum 35 years old), and where you live (minimum 14 years old in the US). But no one has been able to answer the question of whether Trump can serve as president from prison.

8. How many tests does Trump still have to go through?

Three: one for election interference in Georgia (an appeal is pending against the prosecutor), another for secret documents illegally stored at Mar-a-Lago (no date), and another for the attack on the Capitol, which depends on whether the Supreme court immunity. former president.

(According to EFE)