NEWS AFFAIRS 7 : WHERE EVERY STORY HAS IT'S AFFAIR!
In Donald Trump’s trial about secretly paying money to keep things quiet, there are a lot of people involved. There are 34 things they say he did wrong, and 12 people called jurors are going to decide if he did them or not. The judge in charge sometimes seems frustrated, and many people have spoken in court to say what they know.
Now, both sides, the people who say Trump did wrong and the ones who say he didn’t, have finished talking. They will give their final thoughts on Tuesday, and then the jurors will talk about what they think. We don’t know how long it will take for them to decide or what they will decide.
If the jurors say Trump did something wrong, it would be a big deal because no other president has been found guilty of a crime before. He could be the first. Even if he’s found guilty of just one thing, it could change how people think about him, especially if he wants to run for president again.
If Trump is found guilty, he might still be able to stay out of trouble until the judge decides what to do next. The judge will think about things like how old Trump is, if he ever did bad things before, and if he broke the court’s rules.
Trump’s team of lawyers will probably try to change the decision if the jury says he’s guilty. They can ask other important people to think about it again, which could take a long time.
One reason they might try to change the decision is because of what a person named Stormy Daniels said in court. She talked about something that happened between her and Trump a long time ago. Trump’s lawyers said she talked too much and it wasn’t fair, but the judge didn’t agree.
Some people are wondering if Trump will have to go to prison if he’s found guilty. It’s possible, but not very likely. Even if he does, it might not be for a long time, and he might not go at all because he’s old and never did anything like this before.
Some people also think it would be too difficult and expensive to keep Trump safe in prison because he used to be the president. They think it would be better to find another way to punish him if he did something wrong.
Even if Trump is found guilty, he could still try to be the president again in the future because the rules don’t say he can’t. But it might be harder for him to win if people think he did something wrong.
Trump can’t pardon himself for the things he’s accused of in this trial because it’s not a federal case, it’s a state one. He can only pardon people for breaking federal laws. There are other cases against him in different places, but it’s not clear what will happen with those yet.
