In May 2024, a New York jury convicted Donald Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
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Deadline: White HouseSep 7, 2026
Multiple tier1 and tier2 sources (Reuters, AP, NBC, NPR, CNN) report that a Manhattan jury convicted Trump on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records on May 30, 2024, matching the claim's month, count, and charge. The claim's added note that the payments concealed Stormy Daniels payments is also supported, and the extraction faithfully reflects the passage.
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… capitalized, for some reason brought against me, has just fully all caps recanted his testimony, without any proof or corroboration to back up that claim. Trump also posted that Cohen was quote pressured and quote coerced to say things that were not true. Back in May of 2024, a New York jury convicted Donald Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels. The Reverend Al, Andrew, and Ian are with us. Andrew Weissman, your thought. Let me just play a little bit of Michael Cohen the case he made in appearances. I hope cop to having him on the show many times. …
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Supports. Reuters and AP report the jury found Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in May 2024.[1][2]
Supports. NBC and NPR confirm the 34 counts related to a $130,000 hush money payment to Stormy Daniels, matching the claim's concealment detail.[3][4]
Supports. A 2025 BBC report that Trump appealed his May 2024 conviction on 34 felony counts confirms the conviction remained in place.[5]
Context. Sentencing was later an unconditional discharge, which does not affect the truth of the conviction on the date claimed.[5]
Sources
5 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 tier 2, 1 tier 1
- 1Donald Trump becomes first US president convicted of a crimereuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2The Latest | Trump becomes first former US president to be convicted of feloniesapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Here's what all 34 felony counts in Trump's hush money ...npr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4Donald Trump found guilty in historic New York hush ...nbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5Trump appeals against conviction in hush-money casebbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports, context
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