Former President Donald J. Trump has become the first American president to be declared a felon. A Manhattan jury found that he had falsified business records to conceal a sex scandal that could have hindered his 2016 campaign for the White House.

Jonah Bromwich, who has been covering the hush-money trial for The Times, was in the room.

Guest: Jonah E. Bromwich (https://www.nytimes.com/by/jonah-e-bromwich) , covers criminal justice in New York for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• Here’s the verdict (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/05/30/nyregion/trump-hush-money-verdict.html) , count by count.
• This is what happens next (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/30/nyregion/trump-conviction-hush-money-trial.html) .

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