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Posted: 2024-05-31T04:24:48Z | Updated: 2024-05-31T04:24:48Z

Former President Donald Trump was found guilty on all 34 charges in his hush money trial on Thursday after a jury of 12 New Yorkers unanimously agreed he had falsified business records to cover up allegations of a sexual encounter with porn star Stormy Daniels.

The verdict makes Trump the first president in U.S. history to be declared a felon, which is historic on its own but is also unprecedented as he is currently running for reelection as the presumptive Republican nominee.

Judge Juan Merchan of the New York state Supreme Court set a sentencing hearing for July 11, just four days before the Republican National Convention begins.

So whats next for Trump and the GOP?

Will Trump go to jail before the convention?

Trumps sentencing is set for July 11, just four days before Republicans are set to convene in Milwaukee to select the partys nominee for president. All 34 charges are Class E felonies, the lowest class in New York, and are each punishable by a fine of up to $5,000 and up to four years in prison.

Judge Juan Merchan will decide what punishment to impose and will take Trumps history into account. That could work in his favor as he has not been convicted of a crime before. Options besides jail include probation or a fine. And those punishments could be delayed until the former president has exhausted all of his appeals, a lengthy process that could end up at the Supreme Court.