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Newshour: 31/05/2024 13:06 GMT: Trump rages at verdict as he's found guilty in historic case

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31/05/2024 13:06 GMT

31/05/2024 13:06 GMT: Trump rages at verdict as he's found guilty in historic case

Trump rages at verdict as he's found guilty in historic case

BBC World Service - Newshour, Trump rages at verdict as he's found guilty in historic case

He is the first former or current US president to be convicted of a crime

He is the first former or current US president to be convicted of a crime.

The US presidential election campaign has moved into uncharted territory, after the Republican presumptive candidate Donald Trump was found guilty of falsifying business records. The former president's criminal conviction does not prevent him from running - even if he's sentenced to jail. President Biden's campaign said the threat Mr Trump posed to America's democracy had never been greater - and the ballot box was the only way to keep him out of the White House. Many Republicans say the trial was a travesty of justice, and Mr Trump himself has claimed he is a political prisoner. Opinion polls before his conviction had the two candidates locked in a tight race.
 
Also in the programme: Germany joins the United States in saying it will allow Ukraine to use its weapons for limited strikes inside Russia; we'll hear from Moscow and from Kyiv.
 
(Photo: Former US President Donald Trump gestures to the media and the crowd outside Trump Tower after a jury found him guilty on all 34 counts in his criminal trial in New York, 30 May 2024. Credit: Peter Foley/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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