A jury in New York on Thursday found Donald Trump guilty of falsifying business records in a trial over the concealment of hush money payments in the run-up to the 2016 election, making him the first former US president convicted of a criminal offence. Trump, who is seeking the White House again in this November’s election, was charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records as part of a scheme involving his former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen to conceal a $130,000 payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. Judge Juan Merchan is set to announce Trump’s sentence on July 11, ju…