The first criminal trial of a US president is now over. And so, perhaps, is millions of people’s faith in the impartiality of the American legal system.
Yesterday in Manhattan, New York City, former president and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was convicted on all 34 counts of falsifying business records. The origin of this show trial lies with porn star Stormy Daniels, who claimed she had an affair with Trump – which he strenuously denied – and was threatening to go public with her story during the 2016 election campaign. Trump’s then lawyer paid her to stay quiet.
