Glorious snark from the Queens Daily Eagle newspaper:
Former Jamaica Estates resident Donald Trump was convicted by a Manhattan jury on Thursday of 34 counts of falsifying business records in an effort to cover up a sex scandal he feared would ruin his chances of winning the 2016 presidential election.
The jury’s verdict, which came after only two days of deliberations, makes Trump the first president from Queens – or anywhere in the United States, for that matter – to become a felon. The trial was overseen by another man from the World’s Borough, Justice Juan Merchan, who was raised in Jackson Heights.
Despite the conviction, Trump was released on his own recognizance Thursday, being spared a trip to Rikers Island, the home of the city’s notorious jail complex which happens to be part of the same borough the former president was raised in.
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— Queens Daily Eagle (@QueensEagle) May 30, 2024
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