Celebs, Politicians and Social Media Users React To Donald Trump’s Conviction

Donald Trump has made legal history again, as he is now the first president to be tried and criminally convicted.

On Thursday, the former president of the United States was found guilty of 34 felonies. Trump was facing four indictments while he was prepping for the 2024 presidential race. The Manhattan case involved hush money payments to pornstar Stormy Daniels and an attempt to conceal damaging information from voters to improve his chances in the 2016 election.

This all started in 2015 after National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testified that he met with Trump and Michael Cohen to have a conversation about what his “magazines could do to help the campaign.” Pecker claimed that he agreed to assist Trump’s campaign by suppressing stories that targeted him. The publisher’s company paid $30,000 to a former doorman on Trump’s property who falsely alleged that the former president fathered an illegitimate child and $130,000 to Karen McDougal, a woman who claimed to have an affair with Trump.

Additionally, in 2016, Pecker alerted Cohen that Daniels was in the process of shopping around a 2006 story about her encounter with Trump. Cohen then informed Trump of the news and paid Daniel himself. Trump later reimbursed Cohen in 2017 with $130,000, which was disguised as legal expenses.

As a result, NY Judge Juan Merchan has set Trump’s sentencing for July 11th, which happens to be just four days before the Republican National Convention. Trump could face up to four years behind bars, but as a first-time offender, he could avoid prison and receive probation instead. Nevertheless, the news quickly spread throughout social media, and many users shared their reactions to the verdict. See what they had to say below:

Hallelujah!!! My predictions came true! I predicted three years ago at a speech with the Human Rights Campaign that Stormy Daniels would be the one to get Trump, my faith in the criminal justice system has been strengthened!

— Maxine Waters (@RepMaxineWaters) May 30, 2024

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Dear MAGA & TRUMPSTERS!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I Know It’s Hard & Hurts Right Now!!! But Try God It Works!!!! 😂 #Plies #TrumpGuilty pic.twitter.com/bR1RBLFh0R

— Plies (@plies) May 31, 2024

Trump right now: pic.twitter.com/YWOILEnpGV

— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) May 30, 2024

LFG

— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) May 30, 2024

Hallelujah! TRUTH WON. I hope Trump’s constituents keep their word when they said they wouldn’t vote for him if he was convicted.

— Barbra Streisand (@BarbraStreisand) May 31, 2024

New Yorker’s reaction to Trump’s verdict at Trump Tower in New York City. #manhattan #nyc pic.twitter.com/v84KZzC4Ic

— NewYorkCityKopp (@KellyrKopp) May 30, 2024

I personally want to congratulate Donald Trump for finally winning a popular vote

— Fuck You I Quit (@fuckyouiquit) May 30, 2024

Trump has only ever been fun two times. Today and that day when we thought he might die of COVID.

— Evan DeSimone (@Smorgasboredom) May 30, 2024

Donald Trump is sick af that he a convicted felon 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/vJnuTXJCVG

— Shannonnn sharpes Burner (PARODY Account) (@shannonsharpeee) May 30, 2024

Trump might win the presidency while in prison. What a crazy world we live in.

— Lex Fridman (@lexfridman) May 31, 2024

Understand what the Trump verdict means: That, IN FACT, Trump unlawfully cheated to win the 2016 election.

Then the election law felon went on to nominate 3 SCOTUS judges.

What profound injustice to us all that our system has no mechanism to right this history-altering crime.

— Susan Solomon (@SusanSolomon) May 30, 2024

Me seeing Trump finally got the popular vote memes/tweets#TrumpForLifeInPrison #34counts #Convict45 pic.twitter.com/asvlnqBn5P

— #BLM ✊🏿/#BritneyFreed/XRP (@WVUGuy29) May 31, 2024

Guilty AF#TrumpGuiltyOnAllCounts pic.twitter.com/ef32Tg6FAd

— Mr Carmicheal Fa Sho (@mrstokleycm) May 31, 2024