@guardian: Twelve jurors in New York have presented their fellow Americans with a simple question: are you willing to elect a convicted criminal to the White House? Donald Trump has just been found guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records in a criminal hush-money scheme to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. The verdict makes him the first president, current or former, to be found guilty of felony crimes in the US's near 250-year history. Regardless, the conviction does not disqualify Trump as a presidential candidate or bar him from again sitting in the Oval Office. Trump, who opted not to take the stand during the trial, has denied wrongdoing, railed against the proceedings and ahead of the verdict compared himself to a saint: “Mother Teresa could not beat these charges. The charges are rigged,” he said on Wednesday. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, is expected to appeal the verdict. The Guardian’s Sam Levine has been in court over the last several weeks covering all the developments – in this video he explains the three testimonies he found most memorable. So what next? Could Trump go to prison? For all our latest explainers, analysis and live reaction tap the link in bio.

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