'A moment of reckoning' for the 'most divisive American president in modern times'

Torn apart and rewired by Donald Trump's historic criminal conviction, the 2024 presidential campaign moved into uncharted territory Friday with all eyes on how the two main protagonists navigate the dangers. The conviction of the Republican frontrunner is a stunning development in an already unorthodox presidential election with profound implications for the justice system and perhaps US democracy itself. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen and Monte Francis join The Guardian's David Smith, veteran freelance correspondent Pamela Falk and Frederick Davis, a law lecturer at Columbia University.

May 31, 2024 - 10:00
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'A moment of reckoning' for the 'most divisive American president in modern times'
Torn apart and rewired by Donald Trump's historic criminal conviction, the 2024 presidential campaign moved into uncharted territory Friday with all eyes on how the two main protagonists navigate the dangers. The conviction of the Republican frontrunner is a stunning development in an already unorthodox presidential election with profound implications for the justice system and perhaps US democracy itself. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen and Monte Francis join The Guardian's David Smith, veteran freelance correspondent Pamela Falk and Frederick Davis, a law lecturer at Columbia University.