"Verdict" Becomes Defining Word in Trump's Legal Setbacks

A single word now dominates the political and legal landscape surrounding Donald Trump: "guilty." This follows a series of significant legal and financial setbacks for the former US president. Last week, a New York jury convicted Trump on 34 felony counts. The jury delivered a unanimous guilty verdict after two days of deliberation. This criminal conviction is not his only recent challenge. In a separate civil fraud case, a judge found Trump liable for misstating the value of his assets. The ruling forces him to pay a penalty of hundreds of millions of dollars. These events mark a sharp change in fortune for Trump. He had previously maintained a dominant position in the Republican presidential primary race. The legal outcomes present new and substantial obstacles to his campaign.