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
Deny any wrongdoing in this case, and the others. it should never happen. if you challenge an election, you should be able to challenge an election. i thought the election was a rigged election, a stolen election, and i should have every right to do that. reporter: trump shared his mug shot on his truth social and x account, formerly known as twitter, with the words election interference and never surrender below it. it was his first tweet on x since january 8th, 2021, two days after the insurrection. the former president was not the only high profile person to surrender on thursday. former white house chief of staff mark meadows surrendered himself to the fulton county jail. he s been charged with violating georgia s rico act, and soliciting a public officer to violate their oath. he denies any wrongdoing. a fulton county grand jury returned a true bill of indictment. reporter: just last week, fulton county district attorney fani willis charged trump and 18