A special edition of Chicago Public Square.
The jury in Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York has found him guilty on all 34 counts—the first former president to be convicted of a felony.
■ The judge has set sentencing for July 11—four days before the Republican National Convention.
■ Trump ranted and lied after the verdict: “Our whole country is being rigged right now.”
■ Email dispatched by his campaign: “I AM A POLITICAL PRISONER!”
■ Columnist and former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich observes: “Those jurors were not Democrats. They were not politicians. … Trump’s lawyers allowed them to become jurors because they showed no bias.”
■ Rachel Maddow on MSNBC: “He’s not running against Joe Biden. He’s running against the American system of government.”
■ Biden’s campaign was making quick hay of the verdict.
■ CNN has live updates through the evening—and so does The Associated Press.
■ Questions answered: Can Trump still run? Can he vote?
■ Shares in his Truth Social company took a nosedive (link corrected) in the moments after the verdict.
■ Message Box columnist Dan Pfeiffer: This is “a massive and unprecedented historical event with the potential to shake up the election. As shocking as that is, that’s not a guarantee.”
■ Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin: “The only thing that could upend the exquisite implementation of rule of law would be the election of this felon.”
■ Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson: “A shameful day in American history.”
■ Columnist Jeff Tiedrich: “ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha … (etc.)”
■ Raygun—maker of Chicago Public Squarewear—was quick to crank out dueling breaking T-shirts:
More Chicago Public Square tomorrow morning.
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■ Marge Arnold made this edition better.