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The Guardian - US
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Joan E Greve in Washington and Nick Robins-Early

Trump conviction in hush-money case sparks sharply divergent reactions

The House speaker, Mike Johnson: ‘Today is a shameful day in American history.’
The House speaker, Mike Johnson: ‘Today is a shameful day in American history.’ Photograph: Michael Brochstein/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records set off a political firestorm in Washington on Thursday, with Republicans furiously lambasting the verdict as a miscarriage of justice while Democrats commended New York jurors for rendering a fair judgment in one of the most historic trials in US history.

Republicans unsurprisingly rallied around Trump, reiterating their baseless allegations that the Biden administration had engaged in political persecution of the former US president.

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