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A Manhattan jury found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts in his hush-money trial, delivering the most damaging legal blow of his political career. The verdict immediately undercut his “witch hunt” posture, handed critics a clean and concrete fact pattern, and ensured that the felony label would shadow the campaign through the summer.
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A Manhattan jury found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts in his hush-money trial, delivering the most damaging legal blow of his political career. The verdict immediately undercut his “witch hunt” posture, handed critics a clean and concrete fact pattern, and ensured that the felony label would shadow the campaign through the summer.
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A Manhattan jury found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts in his hush-money trial, delivering the most damaging legal blow of his political career. The verdict immediately undercut his “witch hunt” posture, handed critics a clean and concrete fact pattern, and ensured that the felony label would shadow the campaign through the summer.
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