With Mexico ready to host its presidential elections, Bay Area Mexican citizens will have the opportunity to vote in the historic election come Sunday.   The election will be the first time Mexico is expected to elect its first female president, and it’s the first time Mexicans living abroad can vote in the presidential elections.   For some voters it’s brought about mixed feelings. Voter Magali Suarez said she did know if the country is ready for a woman to become president. For Salvador Sanchez, another voter, he is excited to vote but that it’s also his duty as a Mexican. Vot ..read more

A New York jury on Thursday found Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in an effort to conceal a hush money payment ahead of the 2016 presidential election. The verdict is an unprecedented legal reckoning for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee ahead of the November election. Trump is expected to quickly appeal the verdict and could face an awkward dynamic as he seeks to return to the campaign trail. Here’s what happens next: Sentencing The case now moves to the sentencing phase, a process largely controlled by Judge Juan Merchan. Before adjourning ..read more

Can a presidential candidate run for office while they sit behind bars? That question is as timely as ever as former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for the 2024 presidential election, was found guilty on all counts Thursday in connection with a hush money payment to adult film actor Stormy Daniels during his 2016 presidential campaign. The answer is, simply, yes. A convicted or imprisoned felon can not only campaign for president and other federal offices, but also be elected. Can a felon run for president? The U.S. Constitution does not explicitly prohibit a presid ..read more

A New York jury’s historic conviction of Donald Trump on felony charges means his fate is now in the hands of the judge he’s repeatedly ripped as “corrupt” and “incompetent.” Two experts told NBC News that it’s unlikely Trump will be imprisoned based on his age, lack of a criminal record and other factors — and an analysis of thousands of cases found that very few people charged with the same crime receive jail time. But a third expert told NBC News he believes it is “substantially” likely Trump could end up behind bars. Trump was convicted on 34 counts of falsify ..read more

Bay Area officials provided reactions Thursday after former President Donald Trump was found guilty on all counts in connection with a hush money payment to adult film actor Stormy Daniels during his 2016 presidential campaign. Trump is expected to quickly appeal the verdict and will face an awkward dynamic as he seeks to return to the campaign trail after being found guilty. Judge Juan Merchan, who oversaw the case, set sentencing for July 11, just days before the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Donald Trump 2 hours ago Donald Trump guilty on all counts in hush mone ..read more

It’s not clear what impact the criminal conviction of Donald Trump will have on his presidential campaign against President Joe Biden. Recent polls show only a small fraction of non-Democratic voters would be less likely to vote for Trump over a guilty verdict in his hush money trial. But in a consistently tight race with two well-known candidates targeting a small-but-important slice of swing voters, any shift in opinion resulting from the guilty verdict could have an outsize effect. Donald Trump is now the first former American president ever to be convicted in a criminal trial — but it’s ..read more

Former President Donald Trump is unlikely to lose the support of Republican megadonors after his guilty verdict in his New York criminal trial. The donor sentiment represents a shift for some, who were looking for an alternative to Trump and worried his legal problems would weight down his campaign. Trump’s donation website briefly went down after the verdict, prompting his aides to point would-be donors to another page. Former President Donald Trump has at least one group of supporters he won’t have to worry about losing even after he was found guilty in his New York criminal hush money tr ..read more

A New York jury has found Donald Trump guilty of falsifying business records in an effort to conceal a hush money payment to a porn star ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Trump’s guilty verdict does not make him a “convicted felon,” however. This label will not be accurate until after he is sentenced in July. Trump’s verdict will likewise not prevent him from running for president. A New York jury on Thursday found Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in an effort to conceal a hush money payment made to a porn star ahead of the 2016 preside ..read more

Former President Donald Trump was found guilty on all counts Thursday in connection with a hush money payment to adult film actor Stormy Daniels during his 2016 presidential campaign. The 12-person jury in New York reached its verdict after 9.5 hours of deliberations. Trump will be sentenced on July 11, just days before Republicans are set to make him the party’s nominee for president. The presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee had pleaded not guilty to the 34 counts, marking the first time a former president has had to plead to criminal charges. The felony charges alleged Trump had ..read more

As jurors deliberate whether Donald Trump is guilty in the first criminal case against an American president, Trump has been bolstered by his children, advisers and other supporters. Missing from the historic but sometimes tawdry court proceedings arising from an alleged hush-money deal with a porn actress? Trump’s wife, Melania. She has not been spotted in the Manhattan criminal court in lower Manhattan. Neither has former first daughter, Ivanka, nor Trump’s youngest son, Barron. Meanwhile, the Biden campaign has taken advantage of the landmark trial by holding a press conference outside the ..read more