Trump and his allies braced for a guilty verdict. Then the bombshell arrived
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The next time former president Donald Trump holds a campaign rally will be his first as a convicted felon.
The next time former President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally will be his first as a convicted felon. When that will be remains to be seen – one of countless unknowns heading into an unprecedented election made more extraordinary by the events of the past week. The 34-count guilty verdict reached Thursday by a Manhattan jury – the first criminal conviction of a former president – landed like a bomb on the American political landscape. Trump’s campaign had long braced for this outcome, readying their candidate and his supporters for an unfavorable conclusion by casting the case as a political spectacle. But now that a verdict has arrived, uncertainty lurks behind every decision. No one can say with confidence how voters will respond to this historical moment, or how they will weigh Trump’s conviction against other factors – including their view of President Joe Biden or issues affecting their pocketbooks or personal health such as inflation and abortion access. Even if the sliver of undecided Americans are ultimately unmoved by the jury’s decision, it’s unclear whether they will gravitate to a seething candidate and a party so plainly seeking revenge. Trump’s instinct to attack when backed into a corner took hold Friday in the first extended window into how he intends to forge ahead post-verdict.
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