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(The Center Square) — New York’s political class reacted with a mix of outrage and jubilation over the conviction of former President Donald Trump on bribery charges, with Republicans criticizing the verdict and Democrats praising it. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee in November’s presidential election, was found guilty Thursday on 34 counts of felony charges of falsifying business records in his New York City criminal hush-money trial. The verdict makes him the first former U.S. president in the nation’s history to be convicted of a crime. Not surprisingly, New York politicians were …

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