Former President Donald J. Trump has become the first American president to be declared a felon. A Manhattan jury found that he had falsified business records to conceal a sex scandal that could have hindered his 2016 campaign for the White House.

Jonah Bromwich, who has been covering the hush-money trial for The Times, was in the room.

Guest: Jonah E. Bromwich, covers criminal justice in New York for The New York Times.

Background reading:

Here’s the verdict, count by count.
This is what happens next.

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