NEW YORK A jury of 12 New Yorkers on Thursday found former President Donald Trump guilty on all 34 charges of falsifying business documents to cover up an alleged sexual encounter with porn actor Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 presidential election.

The jury foreperson, a man with close-cropped graying hair, stood to deliver the verdict before a tense courtroom.

Guilty, he said of the first charge. He then repeated that word 33 more times.

New York state Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan set Trumps sentencing hearing for July 11, just four days before the Republican National Convention, where he is expected to accept the partys presidential nomination.

The charges, brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, spawned the first-ever criminal trial of a U.S. president in the countrys nearly 250 year history. Each count carries a maximum penalty of four years in prison, although the judge has previously signaled a reluctance to put Trump behind bars due to the logistical difficulties of doing so.

The case is also notable because it could be the only one of four criminal cases against Trump to go before a jury prior to the 2024 presidential election.

Trump denied Daniels allegation and pleaded not guilty to all 34 charges.

The jury consisted of five women and seven men, with two being working lawyers. Each of the charges corresponded to a document that had allegedly been falsified either a check, an invoice or a voucher.

Trump exited the courthouse with a darkened expression.

Im a very innocent man, he said in the hallway. Trump had made a habit of speaking to the cameras after every day in court.

Closing arguments were delivered Tuesday in the trial after about five weeks of witness testimony from 22 individuals, all but two of them called by the prosecution.

President Trump is innocent, Trump attorney Todd Blanche told the jury in his closing argument. He did not commit any crimes, and the district attorney has not met their burden of proof. Period.

The porn actor and Michael Cohen, a now-disbarred attorney once steadfastly loyal to Trump, provided some of the most engrossing testimony against the former president. But other days of the trial were comparatively dull, underscoring how the case ultimately came down to a collection of business records.

Though Trump was barred by a gag order from making public comments about the trial, that did not stop him. Merchan was moved to fine the former president $10,000 for assorted violations made toward the start of the trial, warning him that additional violations could result in jail time, although the judge said he did not want to give such an order.