Summary

  • 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

  1. Trump says verdict is a 'disgrace'published at 22:21 British Summer Time 30 May

    Media caption,

    Watch: Donald Trump calls trial 'a disgrace' after guilty verdict

    Donald Trump has emerged from court and is speaking to media.

    He starts by saying: "This was a disgrace, this was a rigged trial".

  2. Trump about to speak after guilty verdictpublished at 22:20 British Summer Time 30 May

    The former president - now a convicted criminal - is about to speak to the media.

    You can watch it live by pressing play at the top of this page.

  3. Trump leaves the courtroompublished at 22:20 British Summer Time 30 May

    And with that, Justice Merchan has concluded the proceedings, and Donald Trump is leaving the room, followed by his lawyers and his son Eric.

    This trial is now over.

  4. Trump will be sentenced on 11 Julypublished at 22:20 British Summer Time 30 May

    Madeline Halpert
    Reporting from court

    Both teams of lawyers have approached the bench.

    Donald Trump continues to sit still with his lips pursed at the defence table alone.

    Trump's team is requesting a date of mid-to-late July for sentencing because of a conflict with another court hearing in Florida.

    Prosecutors do not object.

    Sentencing will take place on 11 July at 10:00 local time (15:00 BST) and the court will order a probation report for Trump, Merchan says.

  5. Judge denies motion to acquit chargespublished at 22:16 British Summer Time 30 May

    Madeline Halpert
    Reporting from court

    Todd Blanche, Trump's lead lawyer, tells Justice Merchan there is "no reason that the court should allow the verdict" because of Michael Cohen's testimony.

    He says "perjury was committed" - claiming Cohen lied on the stand.

    Justice Merchan then denies their motion to move for an acquittal of charges.

  6. Trump watches jurors leave the courtroompublished at 22:14 British Summer Time 30 May

    Madeline Halpert
    Reporting from court

    Donald Trump is standing up and looks at the jurors as they walk past him one by one after they are excused.

    Justice Merchan says he will meet with the jurors personally afterwards to thank them for their work, and to ask them what they did right and what could've been done better.

    "At this time, I thank you very much," he says.

  7. Judge thanks jurorspublished at 22:13 British Summer Time 30 May

    Madeline Halpert
    Reporting from court

    Justice Juan Merchan is thanking the jurors for "how invested they were in this process".

    Trump continues to look subdued as he glances in the judge's direction.

    Trump's son Eric is looking at the 12 jurors.

  8. Trump reacts to chargespublished at 22:12 British Summer Time 30 May

    Madeline Halpert
    Reporting from court

    Donald Trump continues to purse his lips as each one of the jurors confirm that he's been found guilty.

    The former president turns his head to look at each one of them as they confirm.

    Todd Blanche, his lawyer, appears to be taking notes.

  9. Donald Trump guilty on all 34 chargespublished at 22:09 British Summer Time 30 May
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    We continue to hear the juror read the verdict for each charge.

    It's official. Former US president Donald Trump is guilty on all 34 counts

  10. More GUILTY chargespublished at 22:07 British Summer Time 30 May
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    The juror continues to read each charge. Count 2 and count 3 are GUILTY.

  11. Trump found guilty of falsifying business recordspublished at 22:06 British Summer Time 30 May
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    The jury has found former US President Donald Trump GUILTY of falsifying business records to conceal a hush-money payment made to former porn star Stormy Daniels.

    He becomes the first former president to be convicted of a crime.

    This is for the first count of the 34 charges in total. There are more verdicts to come.

  12. 'All rise'published at 22:06 British Summer Time 30 May

    Kayla Epstein
    Reporting from court

    The alternate jurors enter the courtroomfirst, from the same side door used for witnesses, and take their seats in a new place: the front row on the prosecution's side.

    "All rise," a court officer declares. "Jury entering".

    One by one, they walk past the defence table, where Trump has risen along with the rest of the courtroom for their entrance

  13. Tension builds ahead of verdictpublished at 22:05 British Summer Time 30 May

    Kayla Epstein
    Reporting from court

    The atmosphere in this courtroom is unbelievably tense.

    It almost feels like the air has gone still and the temperature has gone up in the space of 20 minutes.

    The only noise is the flitter of reporters frantically typing at their keyboards.

    A few feet in front of me, former US President Donald Trump sits silently.

  14. The jury is about to be brought inpublished at 22:02 British Summer Time 30 May

    Kayla Epstein
    Reporting from court

    Justice Merchan is back in the courtroom.

    He reads the jury's note from earlier back into the record - that they have a verdict.

    Are you ready to bring out the jury? He asks both parties. Yes, they say.

  15. The man at the head of the investigation arrivespublished at 21:56 British Summer Time 30 May

    Kayla Epstein
    Reporting from court

    Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who brought the charges against Donald Trump, has just entered the courtroom and taken a seat on the prosecution side.

    He has been conspicuously absent for much of the trial, letting his prosecutors do the work.

    But now, at the culmination of his years-long case, he is back in the courtroom for a verdict.

    He will find out soon if his prosecution has prevailed - or if a jury has found that his case did not meet the high burden of proof.

  16. Tension at the defence tablepublished at 21:55 British Summer Time 30 May

    Madeline Halpert
    Reporting from court

    Donald Trump continues to sit still in his chair.

    His lawyers on either side of him look tense and Todd Blanche has his hand on his chin.

    We can also see his son Eric Trump in the front row who occasionally looks around the room.

    He is seated next to Trump's attorney Alina Habba, who is looking at her phone.

  17. Trump no longer laughing with his lawyerpublished at 21:51 British Summer Time 30 May

    Kayla Epstein
    Reporting from court

    Donald Trump is sitting with his arms folded at the defence table.

    The laughter has stopped between him and Todd Blanche.

    I'm sitting directly behind them, in the first row of press seats.

    The energy at the table has clearly changed.

  18. What is the jury doing right now?published at 21:48 British Summer Time 30 May

    Madeline Halpert
    Reporting from court

    We may be waiting for 20 more minutes before we know the verdict.

    Justice Merchan told us that jurors need some time to fill out the verdict sheet. On the sheet, each of the 34 counts are listed, and jurors will need to write whether they find Trump guilty or not guilty on each one.

    Then, the jury will make their way back into the room and the foreperson will confirm the verdict to the judge.

    Each member of the jury must also confirm that the verdict is correct.

  19. Judge warns against any outburstspublished at 21:42 British Summer Time 30 May

    Kayla Epstein
    Reporting from court

    Donald Trump looks calm but less jovial as he sits in his chair at the defence table.

    He's whispering with his attorney Emil Bove.

    "Let there be no outbursts of any kind," Justice Merchan says.

    We are now waiting. It will take about 30 minutes to fill out forms, we are told.

  20. Jury has reached a verdictpublished at 21:39 British Summer Time 30 May
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    Kayla Epstein
    Reporting from court

    Justice Merchan is back. He says the jury have reached a verdict.

    Stick with us.