Donald Trump confirmed he will appeal against his historic conviction in his New York trial in remarks at Trump Tower
Trump falsely repeated claims his prosecution was politically orchestrated and that his trial was "rigged"
The ex-president was convicted on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in his trial on Thursday
His campaign says it raised $35m in online donations following his conviction
This is the first time a former or serving US president has been found guilty of a crime
Trump can still run for president. He could be sent to prison when he's sentenced on 11 July - but legal experts say a fine is more likely
Donald Trump will give a press conference from Trump Tower in New York later.
Earlier, he posted on his Truth Social platform that it'll take place at 11:00 local time (16:00 BST).
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Image source, ReutersJustice Juan Merchan
Top of mind for many people this morning will be one question: could Trump be sent to prison?
That's to be decided by Justice Juan Merchan. As we've mentioned in earlier posts, criminal history is typically a factor in sentencing.
But a former federal prosecutor says another factor informing the judge's decision could be Trump's habitual violations throughout the trial of a gag order. The order was imposed to stop him making public statements about court staff, jurors, witnesses and lawyers in the district attorney's office - or their families.
Justice Merchan warned earlier this month that Trump could face jail if he continued to violate this order. After Trump's 10th violation, the judge surmised that the $9,000 (£7,000) gag-order fine that he'd racked up from previous infractions did not seem to be working as an effective deterrent to the ex-president.
"The judge was not very happy about that, and did not do anything about that at the time," former federal prosecutor Shanlon Wu told the BBC earlier. "And that can be factored in when it comes to the sentencing."
Holly Honderich
Reporting from Washington DC
As a reminder, Donald Trump's team say they are planning to appeal against the verdicts. But on what basis?
The evidence of Stormy Daniels, whose alleged sexual encounter with Trump was at the heart of the case, could be one reason.
“The level of detail that was provided [by Daniels] is really not necessary to the telling of the story," says Anna Cominsky, a professor at New York Law School.
The novel legal strategy taken by the district attorney in this case may also provide grounds for appeal.
Falsifying business records can be a lower-level misdemeanour in New York, but Trump faced more serious felony charges because of a supposed second crime - an illegal attempt to influence the 2016 election.
Prosecutors broadly alleged that violations of federal and state election laws, along with tax fraud, applied to this case. But they did not specify to the jury exactly which one was broken.
Legal experts say there are questions around the scope and application of the federal law, which could form a basis for appeal. Never before has a state prosecutor invoked an uncharged federal crime, and there’s a question if the Manhattan District Attorney had the jurisdiction to do so.
Image source, ReutersPorn star Stormy Daniels says she had sex with Donald Trump in 2006 (something he denies), and she was paid to stay quiet about it ahead of the 2016 election, which Trump won.
The trial centred on a reimbursement Trump made to his former lawyer, Michael Cohen. Cohen said he was told by Trump to pay Daniels $130,000 (£104,000) to buy her silence.
Hush-money payments are not illegal. But prosecutors said Trump improperly recorded the reimbursement to Cohen as legal expenses. Trump was further accused of violating state election law.
He was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records.
Anthony Zurcher
North America correspondent
Image source, ReutersTrump at a campaign rally earlier this month
Trump secured the Republican presidential nomination earlier this year and is scheduled to be crowned at the party's convention just days after his 11 July sentencing.
Polls have indicated that he's in a statistical dead heat with President Joe Biden and maintains a slight edge in many key swing states that will decide the election.
But those surveys also provided evidence that this conviction might change all of that.
In exit polls conducted during the Republican primaries this winter, double-digit numbers of voters said that they would not vote for the former president if he were convicted of a felony.
Now those voters can make their judgement based on a real conviction. Even a slight drop in Trump’s support might be enough to matter in the kind of razor-thin race this presidential contest could become.
The New York trial was one of four criminal cases the ex-president is facing:
The reaction to Trump's convction has largely been along party lines - as an example, look at these comments from House Judiciary Committee colleagues Jim Jordan and Jerry Nadler.
Jordan, a Republican congressman, called the verdict "a travesty of justice". Nadler, a Democrat, said "justice was served".
Elsewhere, House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said the US "is a nation built upon the rule of law" and stressed that "responsible leadership requires the verdict to be respected".
House Speaker Mike Johnson - a Republican - called it "a shameful day in American history". His colleague Steve Scalise - the House Majority leader - called it a "devastating" blow to the idea "justice is blind".
The Republicans' retiring Senate leader Mitch McConnell, who has a frosty relationship with Trump, spoke in his defence.
"These charges never should have been brought in the first place. I expect the conviction to be overturned on appeal," he wrote on X.
Holly Honderich
Reporting from Washington DC
The US Constitution sets out relatively few eligibility requirements for presidential candidates: they must be at least 35, be a “natural born” US citizen and have lived in the US for at least 14 years.
There are no rules blocking candidates with criminal records.
But this guilty verdict still could still sway November’s presidential election. A poll from Bloomberg and Morning Consult earlier this year found that 53% of voters in key swing states would refuse to vote for the Republican if he were convicted.
Another poll from Quinnipiac University this month showed 6% of Trump voters would be less likely to vote for him - consequential in such a tight race.
A short time after the verdicts, Donald Trump emailed supporters with a statement. It largely reiterates what he told reporters outside the New York court.
"This was a disgrace. This was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt," the email says.
"The real verdict is going to be November 5th by the people," it adds. "I'm a very innocent man."
Holly Honderich
Reporting from Washington DC
It is possible, though highly unlikely, that Trump will serve time behind bars.
The 34 charges he faced are all class E felonies in New York, the lowest tier in the state. Each charge carries a maximum sentence of four years.
There are several reasons why Justice Merchan could choose a lesser punishment on 11 July - including Trump’s age, his lack of previous convictions, and the fact that the charges involve a non-violent crime.
He could consider Trump's violations of the court’s gag orders during the trial.
It is also possible that the judge would weigh the unprecedented nature of the case, perhaps choosing to avoid putting a former president and current candidate behind bars.
There is also a question of practicality. Trump, like all former presidents, is entitled to lifelong protection from the Secret Service. This means that some agents would need to protect him in prison.
Even so, it would be extremely difficult to run a prison system with a former president as an inmate. It would be a huge security risk.
The adult film star at the centre of this case, Stormy Daniels, has not commented on the verdicts - but her husband Barrett Blade has spoken to CNN.
"It’s a big weight off her shoulders at this point,” he said, adding that she “feels a little vindicated that, you know, she was telling the truth".
The couple are worried about the reaction to the verdict, Blade said, but Daniels is still "stoic".
Her stint in the witness box was one of the most dramatic - and tense - moments of the trial.
In often explicit detail, she recounted the alleged affair with Trump - which the jury found he then tried to cover up.
Image source, ReutersA sketch of Stormy Daniels questioning by defence attorney Susan Necheles
Sam Cabral
Reporting from Washington DC
Lifelong Republican Jim Sullivan, 54, twice hesitantly backed Donald Trump - but the court's verdict has changed his mind, he says:
I'm not a big Trump fan and I'm not a lawyer, but - based on what I was reading - this seemed like a very clumsy case. It basically ensures that Trump, unless he goes to jail, is going to win re-election now.
I feel like the jury was led to a foregone conclusion. And I do think this judge has a bias. This was politically motivated. What stood out to me was how they really hemmed in Donald Trump, keeping him under wraps with gag orders. They wanted to keep him in a box and they kept him silent as much as they could.
I was leaning toward Trump and I'm probably going to end up supporting him once again. Seeing Joe Biden’s policies and the way he's conducting himself, I don't think he's got the stamina or the ability to do the job for very much longer. The border has been blown wide open. The economy just stinks...
I don't want to jump down the rabbit hole and say I’m not voting for [Trump]. But I do think he's going to be vindictive. This is a bad day for America. We've crossed the Rubicon. If he wins, I think he's going to go out and start punishing folks.
[Jim calls back 10 minutes later]
There’s no way I can support a convicted felon as president. He’ll have to appeal and win for that to change. But I’m definitely not voting for Biden.
Image source, ReutersTrump addressing gathered media after his guilty verdict
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who brought these charges against Trump, had earlier on Thursday spoke at a press conference following the court hearing.
In his remarks, he said this case was about 34 false statements made to cover up other crimes.
“These are felony crimes in New York State no matter who you are. We can not and will not normalise serious criminal conduct," Bragg said.
'I did my job': Manhattan District Attorney speaks after Donald Trump verdict
Nomia Iqbal
Reporting from Cobb County, Georgia
Marietta City in Cobb County couldn’t get more swingy if it tried. In a short walk around the city square here you meet a whole array of voters: and perhaps it is them who will be Donald Trump’s most important jury.
“I don’t think it’s over yet,’ said Mickey, a former Donald Trump supporter. "He’ll keep fighting and fighting and fighting until he runs it into the ground."
She said she voted for him the first time over his business background but said he was disappointing, calling him "a narcissist".
But her dislike for Donald Trump and the conviction doesn’t translate into victory for Mr Biden. “I won’t be voting for either of them.”
President Biden narrowly won Georgia in 2020, and polls suggest Donald Trump was ahead by three points before the verdict. 8% are undecided, and so any shift in opinion resulting from the guilty verdict could have an outsize effect.
Rachel Rice an army veteran is one of those undecideds. Her jaw dropped at the guilty verdicts: “He’s got away with everything else so far!” But she admitted she’s uncertain which way she’ll vote.
Another man Bob, playing with his bluegrass band outside a café, was more sure. He wanted a positive outcome for Donald Trump and said a conviction would not change his mind. What would?
“If he was convicted of murder, I'd be like that's not a guy I want to go for!”
Another resident here, Petro, said this will hugely matter for the election. While he wouldn't say which way he’d vote, he said the character of the person in the White House matters. “I believe in the justice system. I believe that my fellow Americans would choose the right verdict.”
Image source, Getty ImagesShares in Trump Media & Technology Group fell by more than 6% to $48.66 each in extended trading following the events in court.
They had closed at $51.12 during regular hours on Thursday, which gave the firm a stock market valuation of more than $9bn (£7bn).
Trump owns the majority of the company behind the social media platform Truth Social.
Sam Cabral
US reporter
Ian, 59, is a dual UK-US citizen who voted for Trump in 2016 to “shake things up a bit” but had turned against him by 2020.
I'm pretty stunned that it's happened. My wife's in New York, she said she went outside and everyone was cheering like it's the World Cup.
I was surprised because, when Cohen was on the stand, it looked like he was getting torn apart. I thought that there wasn't enough evidence based on the fact your key witness is a convicted liar, and so I thought if it's beyond a shadow of a doubt, he would not get convicted.
It's difficult to say [if this is a fair verdict]. I'm not saying he didn't get a fair trial, but where it was done massively impacted it. In other parts of the US, this wouldn’t have come to trial.
Honestly I still think Trump is going to win in November. I probably wouldn't have voted for him and it’s probably made me more likely not to vote for him. But you’re caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. What a choice - between a president who is clearly too old to be in the most powerful job in the world, and a guy who's a convicted felon.
I find it kind of ironic that this whole thing was about him trying to hush up a payment to a porn actress. If it happened now, he wouldn't bother that it could come out. I don't think it makes any difference to either the Democrats or especially to his own supporters. The only people this will maybe influence is a few key independent voters who are truly on the fence. For me, I don’t know. I don't think I'll vote.
Trump's lead attorney, former federal prosecutor Todd Blanche, said he "very much believed that the jury should have found President Trump not guilty I mean very…in my soul".
In an interview with CNN's The Source, he said the jury had relied too heavily on the testimony of Michael Cohen, whom the defence team had tried to make out as not credible.
"At the end of the day, it remains true that that if the word of Michael Cohen was not accepted at all, then you could not have convicted President Trump," Blanche said.
He argued that Trump had been tried in a tough jurisdiction - New York - but the interviewers pointed out that Trump had based his businesses and spent decades of his life there.
The trial has drawn global attention but some of the interest has been strongest among New Yorkers themselves.
The BBC spoke to one man, a teacher, who had gone to great lengths to watch the trial - including sleeping outside the courthouse line for several days so he could watch the closing arguments on Tuesday.
He told us it had been an invaluable experience - and there were insights you got in person that you just didn't get from a court report. Watch below:
'Really worth it': Teacher who camped out to attend trial