Yes, Trump Has Been Convicted of Felonies

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : The AP reported that the judge found that Trump, his company and his sons had schemed to pad his net worth by billions of dollars as a means to get loans and secure deals.
40% : The footage was shared to X with a caption that claimed he had never been convicted of any felonies: "Psst.... Trump has never been convicted of anything.
37% : In May 2024, a New York jury found Trump guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records stemming from a payment to silence adult-film star Stormy Daniels.
37% : In the second case, a New York judge found that Trump had knowingly deceived banks and insurers about the size of his wealth and his property values and ordered him to pay a $454 million penalty.
36% : However, Kelly posited: "It would be a suspended sentence, it would be immediately appealed and I think Trump, on appeal, would win.
36% : Trump has been found liable in two civil cases.
33% : At the conclusion of the civil proceeding, the jury agreed that Trump was liable both for sexually abusing Carroll and for defaming her.
31% : Trump has faced both civil and criminal legal cases in recent years, so it is important to understand the differences between the two.
31% : Merchan could potentially wait to sentence Trump until after his presidential term is up, or he could overturn the verdict based on a U.S. Supreme Court decision that gives presidents broad immunity from criminal prosecution.
29% : There are so many holes in that case, so I don't think Trump will ever do one single day in jail.
29% : However, as of this writing Trump had not been sentenced by Merchan, who put the case on hold until Nov. 19, 2024.
28% : "Therefore, the video shared on X does not prove that Trump has never been convicted of any felonies.
28% : Merchan could also dismiss the case, or alternatively go ahead and sentence Trump.
27% : Trump was found guilty and therefore convicted of felony crimes.
26% : One user elaborated: "Zero convictions, I can't stand liberals and Democrats man they make me physically sick man I love Megan Kelly thank God they pushed her this way."In short, it is inaccurate to say that Trump has never been convicted of any felonies.
25% : However, they declined to hold Trump liable for rape.
25% : Again, this was a civil case and did not result in prison time for Trump.
24% : Some social media users have interpreted the video of Kelly defending Trump as evidence that he has never been convicted of any felonies -- i.e., he has never been found guilty in a criminal case.
24% : In the longer version posted to YouTube, by saying that he was facing a potential sentence, Kelly conceded that Trump had been convicted of felonies.
23% : "However, a YouTube video posted by Kelly's verified channel showed a longer version of the exchange, during which the conservative media personality indicated that Trump had been convicted in a criminal trial.
22% : Regardless, Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts and therefore has been convicted of felonies.
21% : The clip showed the former Fox News presenter correcting podcast host Jason Calacanis, who falsely stated that Trump was "guilty of three [cases] so far" and had "been convicted of three."
20% : A sentencing in a criminal case can only happen through either an admission of guilt by the defendant (in this case, Trump) or if a jury finds a defendant guilty of charges, which they did in Trump's case.
19% : Calacanis then described a where Trump was found liable for fraud, which, again, Kelly noted was a civil case in which Trump was not convicted.
19% : As the host brought up a third case, without specifying what he was referring to, the other panelists interrupted him before Kelly said Trump "got a bad result.
19% : In May 2023, a New York jury determined Trump had defamed Carroll by denying that he had sexually assaulted her in the mid-1990s.
18% : "Kelly then claimed that in all five cases -- including other criminal cases against Trump that had yet to go to trial -- the prosecutors, juries and/or judges in the jurisdictions where Trump was facing his numerous legal battles were "conspiring" against him.
8% : Kelly responded by saying Trump hadn't been convicted in three criminal cases, but acknowledged that in journalist and author E. Jean Carroll's sexual abuse lawsuit against Trump -- a civil case -- he was found liable.

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