many voices out there, the only voice that matters is the voice of the jury, and the jury has spoken. manhattan district attorney alvin bragg speaking yesterday following the historic conviction of former president donald trump on all 34 counts in the criminal hush money trail. trump becomes the first former u.s. president in american history to be convicted of a crime. the verdict was read just around 5:00 p.m. in a new york city courtroom after the 12 jurors deliberated for roughly 9 1/2 hours over two days. each of the 34 felony counts is associated with a falsified business record pertaining to trump s reimbursement of his former attorney and fixer, michael cohen, for a hush money payment to adult film actress stormy daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign, to keep her quiet about a sexual encounter she says she had with trump back in 2006. trump has denied her claim. sentencing is set for july 11th, just four days before the republican national convention begins
justice. forthe been about finding truth and justice. for the reaction from moscow, here is the bbc s steve rosenberg. russia s foreign ministry says it wants to study the verdict of the dutch court very carefully before it issues official statements. before it issues official statements. ,, ., , ., statements. but the russian state media hasn t statements. but the russian state media hasn t waited statements. but the russian state media hasn t waited before - media hasn t waited before commentating and not surprising here. state media in russia have condemned the outcome of this trial using the kind of arguments we have been hearing a lot from russia, basically since 2014. in other words, accusing the west, accusing investigators in the international court of russophobia and anti russian sentiment and complaining that russia wasn t part of the investigation and basically trying to dismiss the whole process as illegitimate. after what was a painstaking international investigatio