Donald Trump’s media stock makes comeback ahead of news conference: Live updates

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The former president was found guilty on all counts he faced, becoming the first criminally convicted US president in history, on Thursday.

He made unfounded claims the trial was “rigged” and “done by the Biden administration in order to wound or hurt a political opponent” in comments shortly after the verdict.

Mr Trump was emotionless as the jury delivered a unanimous verdict, convicting Mr Trump of falsifying business records to cover up a $130,000 payment made to the porn star Stormy Daniels on his behalf in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election in order to buy her silence over a sexual encounter she claims they had a decade earlier, which Mr Trump denies.

He will be sentenced on 11 July at 10am ET (2pm GMT).

The Trump press conference is taking place where Trump launched his 2016 campaign when he descended his golden escalators in June 2015, and a couple of months later conspired to unlawfully influence the outcome.

He’s now going to proclaim his innocence from the same atrium where he announced he was running.

The great genius of our time speaks.

Wendy Sacks walked by the crowd outside Trump Tower at the intersection of 5th Avenue and 57th Street muttering “mother******.”

“I’m just livid that this criminal is being given this honor,” she said, gesturing at the MAGA flags and supporters on the other side of a barricade.

“I don’t understand what’s happened to the minds of the sane Republicans.”

The 30-year Manhattan resident is running an errand and the obstacle course of barricades around the blocks messed up her route.

“I resent on account of this one individual I have to walk one, two, three blocks out of my way to accommodate his blarney and shenanigans.”

After yesterday’s verdict, “I couldn’t be prouder to be a New Yorker.”

He has reached the highest echelons of office by defying political gravity – but, after being found guilty on 34 felony charges, will the former president finally come crashing back down to Earth?

Jon Sopel explains why yesterday’s verdict may not end up making a jot of difference come November.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has said that he believes the Supreme Court should “step in” following the guilty verdict of former President Donald Trump on 34 counts in his hush money trial.

“I do believe the Supreme Court should step in,” he said on Fox & Friends on Fox News on Friday morning. “I think they’ll set this straight but it’s going to take a while.”

Speaking about the justices, he said: “I know many of them personally, I think they’re deeply concerned about” the faith in the American justice system.

You didn’t think you’d get through the whole day without hearing from Hillary did you?

Here’s Sinead Butler for Indy100.

The Independent’s Ariana Baio is at Trump Tower ahead of the former president’s press conference. With just over an hour to go until Trump’s 11am press conference, there are more reporters and pedestrians present than Trump supporters.

One woman spotted wearing a Trump flag was one of few Trump backers in the area.