Srinagar, May 31 : Donald Trump became the first US president to be convicted of a crime on Thursday when a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying documents to cover up a payment to silence a porn star ahead of the 2016 election.
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Reports said that after deliberations over two days, the 12-member jury announced it had found Trump guilty on all 34 counts he faced.
They said that unanimity was required for any verdict.
The verdict, which came back after the close of the US stock market, plunged the United States into unexplored territory ahead of the November 5 presidential election.
Trump, the Republican candidate, aims to win the White House back from Democratic President Joe Biden.
