‘Real verdict’ will be November 5 election, Trump says 

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"I"m a very innocent man, and it"s OK. I"m fighting for our country. I"m fighting for our constitution,” Trump insists insisted Analyst: Trump could still vote for himself after New York conviction if he’s not in prison on Election Day But even if he is elected president again, Trump will not be able to pardon himself of state charges in New York NEW YORK CITY: Former president Donald Trump said the "real verdict" would be the US election in November after a New York jury convicted him on all charges in his hush money case on Thursday. "This was a rigged, disgraceful trial. The real verdict is going to be November 5, by the people. And they know what happened here, and everybody knows what happened here," Trump said as he left the court. "I"m a very innocent man, and it"s OK. I"m fighting for our country. I"m fighting for our constitution." Prosecutor: ‘the jury has spoken’ Amid the flury of reactions, a prosecutor in the trial said “the jury has spoken” after Trump was found guilty on all charges at his hush money trial. “Our job is to follow the facts and the law without fear or favor,” Manhattan District Attorney Bragg told reporters. “We did our job. (There are) many voices out there, the only voice that matters is the voice of the jury, and the jury has spoken.” Trump can still vote Meanwhile, a voting rights advocate said even thought Trump was convicted of a felony and resides in Florida — a state notorious for restricting the voting rights of people with felony convictions — he can still vote as long as he stays out of prison in New York state. That’s because Florida defers to other states’ disenfranchisement rules for residents convicted of out-of-state felonies. In Trump’s case, New York law only removes the right to vote for people convicted of felonies when they’re incarcerated. Once they’re out of prison, their rights are automatically restored, even if they’re on parole, per a 2021 law passed by the state’s Democratic legislature. “If a Floridian’s voting rights are restored in the state of conviction, they are restored under Florida law,” Blair Bowie of the Campaign Legal Center wrote in a post explaining the state of law, noting that people without Trump’s legal resources are often confused by Florida’s complex rules. So as long as Trump isn’t sent to prison, he can vote for himself in Florida in November’s election. Trump was convicted Thursday of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex. A lifelong New Yorker, Trump established residency in Florida in 2019, while he was in the White House. Even if he is elected president again, Trump will not be able to pardon himself of state charges in New York. The president’s pardon power applies only to federal crimes.

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