Trump guilty verdict: Now what, asks the internet | Mashable.
Trump found guilty on all 34 counts, social media asks: Now what?
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| 34 times a felon. Credit: Justin Lane-Pool/Getty Images |
It's official: Donald J. Trump, former president of the United States of America and current Republican candidate for the presidency, is a convicted felon.
And while we wait for sentencing on July 11, four days before the Republican National Convention, it may not surprise you that the internet has thoughts on what should happen next.
In a surprisingly fast turnaround for a case of this magnitude, a Manhattan jury took just a few days to reach the guilty verdict. Also surprising: the jury found him guilty beyond reasonable doubt on every one of the 34 counts of fraud connected to the Stormy Daniels hush money case. Reporters had earlier expected the jury wouldn't reach a verdict for another day at least.
The jury worked fast, in other words — but so did the internet, led by Wikipedia editors. (Update: the change has been removed, and Trump's page on Wikipedia has been locked.)
Each count carries a fine of up to $5,000 plus a four-year sentence (they would run concurrently) at Judge Juan Merchan's discretion. Those expecting jail time may be disappointed; fines are a more usual punishment in this kind of first-time fraud case.
Social media denizens quickly suggested that Trump could no longer vote for himself in his current home state, Florida. But a correction soon followed: Trump will still be able to vote so long as he is not actually incarcerated.
One of the most frequently asked questions: Can Trump still run for president, even as a convicted felon? The answer, bizarrely, is yes.
Regardless, the historic moment was an occasion for online news outlets to try out appropriate headline ideas. One of the oldest and most controversial, the Drudge Report, repeated the word "guilty" 34 times.
Over on Twitter/X, users also battled for eyeballs with the best jokes they could muster. Dictionary.com went for an unbeatable subtweet:
Anthony Scaramucci, who infamously worked as director of communications at the Trump White House for just 10 days, may been teeing this one up for a while:
While, of course, many Americans parsed the news through the lens of celebrity culture and memes.
He finally won a popular vote
ReplyDeleteDo they sell diapers at commissary?
ReplyDeleteLock 'im up then get Mexico to build a wall (around him) 😉
ReplyDeleteno the wall should be built around all of you , laugh now cry later,when world war 3 start all of you democrats or should I call you all demolitions , you all destroying america from within the Russian and Chinese don't need to attack anymore
DeleteShort D!!K syndrome I see Guy !!
DeleteGo hump Trump you half-wit gump 🙁
no I think yuh hole is too wide and deeper than the grand canyon, you idiot woke piece ah dung 💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩to me all of you looks like this.who woke.
DeleteHappily sound asleep yourself Dude - comfortable in your Aluminiun hat - snooze peaceful deluded child, clearly you're one of the clever ones 😉
Deletelmao still doesn't change the fact that Donald Trump is a convicted felon
DeleteActually Andy boy's dog in his fake profile is smarter than him and DJT put together 😁😆😊
DeleteA narcissistic man.....never his fault playing the victim as always. How can they want a man like this to run their country like a dictator.
ReplyDeletehello
DeleteI demand that everyone supporting Trump to be arrested charged and convicted of aiding and a betting his crimes! I also demand that everyone supporting Trump to be severely sued to the maximum cent! By supporting Trump you're being just as guilty as he is! I SPEAK THE HONEST LAWFUL TRUTH!!!!
ReplyDeletejust let 'em all live with their quero hero, dirty Uncle Donald - most of 'em are too stupid to realise they're bing touched-up anyway 🙂
Deletejustice must be served or else laws mean nothing!
Deleteyou do realize MAGA is heavily armed and isn't going anywhere right?
DeleteTRAITOR
Deleteawe, is that like a promise or a threat?
DeleteExactly if he is a tRUMP supporter then he's the worst kind of traitor supporting a narcissistic egotistical misogynistic treasonous traitorous dictator wannabe like Major Bone Spurs who calls our POW's and wounded warriors losers !!!
DeleteThey can stay, it’s a free country (more likely to remain so without the orange turnip making another appearance).
DeleteSir you are blinded to the epic disaster coming. Get ready for sending your kids and grandchildren to war while the American economy crashes. Inflation will come back even way worse and you won't be able to feed your family...
DeleteYou have definitely been drinking the kool aid.
DeleteSpoils my mood, because people keep spamming about this shit. If you really wanted to know and not get karma you would just read 1000s of replies already out there.
ReplyDeleteI don't really wanna know and yes It's for the Karma but why do you give a F?
DeleteCuz it's really sad to see people care about internet points so much they waste their own time and put spam on other people's board.
DeleteHey, the front page called, they want their question back.
ReplyDeleteIndifferent. Not like anything's actually gonna happen.
ReplyDeleteGiven that the orange baby with the small....hands...stacked the jury with at least one person he expected to support him, and block the unanimous verdict, being found guilty by 12 jurors on 34 counts is amazing. They made the decision based on evidence - documents, emails etc, and, in spite of this reprehensible human trying every trick in the book to intimidate the jury, 10 violations of a gag order and "eyeballing" the Judge, justice has been served.
ReplyDeletewrong. It wasn't a unanimous verdict. Jurors were told 4 or more as they just changed the rules to suit themselves. The justice system is yet another corrupt system with judges pockets being lined or held to ransom over some dirty info thats been gotten on them. Wake up fgs. There was no justice here. Nada.
Deletethe real justice will be served real soon.
DeleteIm so sorry you took the cookies.
Deletewhere did you find that made up bit of fake news?
DeleteIt has to be unanimous.
and, it was unanimous on all 34 counts, and it was relatively quick.
DeleteConsidering it was all sorted way before the trial started no-one should be surprised at the verdict.
DeleteTrump finally convicted! Hoorah! But don't get the idea that that's the end of it. That man lives a charmed life and he will almost certainly never go to jail. My prediction of what'll happen is this: He'll be sentenced in the normal will but will immediately be released on bail pending an appeal. And this will be only the start of a process that'll drag on for years, probably until he dies of old age. And God help us all if he gets to be president again.
ReplyDeleteNo guarantee it would be a custodial sentence, potentially just a fine.
DeleteLet's not be silly here, even for UK residents, who are a bit uninformed to say the least. Nobody is falling for this because just like the Russia hoax, it's another fabrication.
ReplyDeleteDenial is not just a river in Egypt
DeleteThe "Russia hoax" resulted in 37 indictments, 7 guilty pleas and 5 jail sentences. In this case, the jury heard the evidence (some of it twice) and didn't think it was a fabrication at all.
DeleteSo an ordinary jury can't be relied on to give an honest verdict? Why pay a woman so much money if you have done nothing wrong, and then try to cover it up Most right-thinking people would expect him to be convicted. America will be the laughing-stock of the world if he becomes president. Another bonus for Putin.
Deletespot on the only people that fall for this are the people that believe lying media. Kangaroo court in a banana republic, not a good look America.
DeleteCould this be the start of yet another spurious conspiracy theory?
DeleteIs it?
DeleteNo one is falling. It the truth, something little hands hates.
DeleteThis has nothing to do with the media, it was evidence based - from little hands himself in many cases - records, emails, recordings - where do the media fit in? except to support your biased view of the world. He tried, unsuccessfully, to stack the jury with at least one Trump supporter, emphasised that a majority verdict was not acceptable and 12 people found him guilty beyond any reasonable doubt on 34 counts. Given he has also been convicted of sexual assault, fraud and deformation, how can any sane person support the orange baby?
DeleteIf only UK residents could remain uninformed, the news feeds are full of Trump accusing others of failings that more accurately apply to him!
Deletewrong. Again.
DeleteIt has everything to do with the media this trial was by media. the media have lies about his since 2016. have you been asleep for the last 8 years.
Deleteyou mean telling the truth and the media spins it into he's a dictator when in reality the dictator is illegally in office right now.
DeleteBut no doubt people will. In other countries a prominent politician who is found guilty of a crime would be booted out of the party p.d.q. for bringing them into disrepute. However some Americans have become so brainwashed that they can't see the truth even when someone is proved to be a criminal. God save America from themselves.
DeleteI know, I can't believe that defence, 'I am the most special innocent person ever to have lived'.
Deleteor just a continuation of the MAGA delusion.
Deletethe claim that Biden is a dictator when he legitimately won the election.
DeleteALL of the legal cases claiming voter fraud have been lost. And, millions have been paid out for false claims.
There is absolutely no evidence to back up that claim...but some still think that the 'media' make stuff up.
Who is delusional? We know, do catch up.
yes, it is a worry where the Republicans have sunk to. Is there any way back?
DeleteHe was always going to be convicted - that is how the Judicary operates - it is the same in Australia - If the Government want you convicted they will pick the right judge and it happens.
ReplyDeleteIn his case it's merited. This man is capable of anything.
DeleteIt's not merited. It's what happens when you fabricate a case to suit your means. There's no crime, it's a filing misdemeanor at best.
DeleteEverybody on the planet knows what's happening here
deluded
Deleteprove it
DeleteDid the government pick the jury too?
DeleteWhich planet is that?
DeleteHere on earth, we all know he's guilty.
Have you considered the possibility that he was actually guilty? And it's the Jury that decide, not the Judge. In this case, the orange temper tantrum on legs was given way more leeway than an ordinary person, trying intimidation, character assassination and every diversionary tactic in the book. His wife was having his son and he was banging a porn star. That is not in doubt, or why pay $130,000 to bury the story?
DeleteA few things that happened which not a lot of people realise.
ReplyDeleteJudge in the case told the jury you don't unanimously agree on which crime was committed as long as they pick at least 1.
and among the crimes they can pick one which he isn't even charged with,
Judge silenced trump with gag orders that are designed for people coming forward to protect their identity. some of trumps people were not even allowed to take the stand and give their evidence.
This is Marxism and now America has kangaroo courts in the banana republic.
Sad, sad, sad, day for America.
Could have tried to make it look like a fair trial by letting him off at least one charge
ReplyDeleteWhy would they if he was guilty? That would be corruption.
DeleteNo
DeleteGood. It's been a long time coming. Once again, he's claiming that everything is against him. sorry Trump, but the world doesn't revolve around you. Typical narcissist.
ReplyDeletemuppet
DeleteName calling of course, that's just what I'd expect from someone like Trump.
DeleteAaron Wood i dont like any of them but trump could think for himself not like biden who is a puppet and biden will run the usa into the ground and the world needs a strong usa
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DeleteTrump is only saying what his supporters want to hear. He is only in it for himself. The US needs a president who can unite the country and do justice to it's foundation which is to keep the United States united. Trump is too divisive and uses language to entice fierce clashes between the left and right. No other president before him has divided the nation as much as he has.
DeleteI used to support Trump years back, until I saw how he behaved when he lost the election. I saw him as someone who is a traitor to the founder and first president of the republican party Abraham Lincoln, who once said "a house divided against itself cannot stand". a quote which is just as poignant now as it was during the Civil War.
Kangaroo court in a Banana republic, not something to be proud of yanks, he will get this overturned on appeal, its nothing but a political witch hunt.
ReplyDelete100, always was.
DeleteJust like Alex Jones, Rudy Giuliani, formerly Michael Cohen, etc, etc.
DeleteGullible Fake News enthusiasts, helping and supporting the criminal.
All will pay the price.
So many people going to receive a hard slap when the truth comes out. Too bad they fell for everything.
ReplyDeleteHe has.
DeleteJail him what on earth is America thinking he is a very dangerous individual and will take your democratic freedoms away !!!!!!!
ReplyDeletemy god, DUDE are you for real?
Deletehaha muppet and you have president biden to run again and screw the usa even more your a laughing stock to the world
DeleteThis will make him even more popular with the US electorate.
ReplyDeleteyes the electorate that see through the illusions you are falling for.
DeleteTrust a porn star when they do anything for money. NOT!
ReplyDeleteAnyone else would be in jail
ReplyDeleteThe jump suit is ready Donnie. So is your large cell mate!
ReplyDeletewhy?
DeleteIt's the reward of being a criminal;
DeleteWon't happen
DeleteToo generous. Make it a SMALL cell. On second thoughts, keep the large cell. He'll need it to accommodate his ego.
DeleteShould be that a convicted criminal cannot stand for any public office thus putting paid to him running for president
ReplyDeletethe real criminals are Biden and co.
DeleteAnything to prevent him becoming President again. Like him or not he got America moving again. Unlike his successor. Surely though those two can't be the best America can come up with.
ReplyDeleteLet's be honest, he wont be "throw in jail"... We all know this lol
ReplyDeleteThrow him in jail
ReplyDelete10 years of appeals, presidency again and a possible golf course in north korea. Any thing is possible for this man. I bet he could solve our immigration crisis
ReplyDeleteits another witch hunt.
ReplyDeleteNixon was also a republican....coincidence?
ReplyDeleteThe Democrats are evil perverts and will do anything to secure power, the Clintons will be rubbing their blooded greasy hands.
ReplyDeletehave you read about the Clintons? Doubt it
DeleteExcellent.
ReplyDeletehe will win now
DeleteI fear you may be right!
DeleteSorros funded.....
ReplyDeleteevidence?
DeleteDirty politics
ReplyDelete34? "Manchester city, hold my beer"
ReplyDeletepmsl
ReplyDeleteMAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN 2024
ReplyDeleteFREE MEDIA FOR TRUMP
ReplyDelete2024
DeleteThe more they attack this man, the more he grows
ReplyDeleteHE IS INCANCELABLE,
ReplyDeleteTHE MAN WAS TRIAL AND CONVICTED AND IS NOT IN JAIL AND IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
And he will win the Presidency of the United States
DeleteMR. TRUMP IS A LEGEND!
ReplyDelete😂😂😂 Internet so fast
ReplyDelete'Guilty on all 34 counts' and will run for president of the United States, and will win.
ReplyDelete