This involved putting incorrect information on business documents multiple times to benefit himself and to hide a scheme to influence the 2016 election. Former president's team covered up stories that could have harmed his election campaign and hid the payments for these cover-ups. Trump has called the trial rigged and the judge corrupt, but those who prosecuted him believe the trial was fair. The judge will decide on Trump's sentence next month, which could include jail time. Despite this, Trump can still run (participate) for president, and many of his supporters have pledged to vote for him regardless of the outcome.
Vocabulary:
• Guilty (adj): Having committed a crime.
• Falsifying (verb): Changing information to deceive.
• Counts (noun): Specific accusations in a legal case.
• Conceal (verb): To hide something.
• Scheme (noun): A plan, especially a dishonest one.
• Trial (noun): A formal examination of evidence in court.
• Judge (noun): A public official who decides cases in a court of law.
• Sentence (noun): The punishment given to someone found guilty of a crime.
• Prosecute (verb): To charge someone with a crime and try to show they are guilty in court.
• Rigged (past participle): Unfair, manipulated, crooked.
• Fairly (adv): In an honest and just way.
• To change one's mind (verb): To decide something different from what you first thought.
Source: Behind the News YouTube channel.