After two days of deliberations, the 12 jurors unanimously declared Donald Trump guilty of all 34 crimes of falsifying accounting documents, an operation intended to hide a payment of $130,000 to porn actress Stormy Daniels to avoid a sex scandal at the very end of his 2016 presidential campaign.
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The judge set sentencing for July 11 at 10 a.m.
Prison is possible in theory, with falsification of accounting documents being punishable by a maximum of four years in New York State.
But in the absence of a criminal record for the almost 78-year-old defendant, the judge could impose an alternative sentence such as a sentence to be served in the community or community work as well as a fine.
In any case, Donald Trump risks appealing, with, most likely, a suspensive effect on his sentence, particularly in the event of prison.
A criminal conviction, the first for a former American president, would not invalidate his candidacy in the November 5 election.
