Americans were still digesting the news on Thursday evening that the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee had just become the first former president to be found guilty of a felony.
But Donald J. Trump’s conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up an alleged sexual encounter with a porn star was reverberating quickly.
Here’s what people had to say across the country.
John Balazy, 60, ManhattanHe’s a businessman and “hush money happens all the time,” he said.
“It’s what people in these offices do all the time, so why didn’t it happen to them?”Malcolm Jake, 23, Durham, N.C.
Persons:
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Organizations:
Republican, Manhattan
Locations:
Durham, N.C