A jury in New York , USA, ruled today (31st) that Trump was found guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records for allegedly forging business documents to conceal hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, making Trump the first person in American history The first president to be convicted of a felony, the judge is expected to make a sentencing in the case on July 11.
Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has always been a strong supporter of cryptocurrency, said at the 2024 Consensus Conference that Trump’s guilty verdict may increase Trump’s popularity in the United States in November this year. Presidential election prospects:
I believe this will ultimately help President Trump gain a large portion of the American public. I'm not a fan of Trump. The divisions in our country are largely down to him and Biden, and that's not a good thing for our country.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. previously withdrew from the primary race for the Democratic presidential nomination and ran for president as an independent. He revealed that his team's internal research showed that if he ran alone with Trump or Biden, he would win the election, and if he dropped out, more than half of his supporters would vote for Trump.
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In response to Trump’s previous statements of support for cryptocurrency and acceptance of cryptocurrency donations, as the first presidential candidate in U.S. history to accept Bitcoin campaign donations, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that he was happy about this:
I think it's a good thing for our country. The commitment to cryptocurrency is a commitment to freedom and transparency, and I won’t question whether this is a political decision. I'm glad he did, and I hope President Biden does the same.
When it comes to the biggest problem currently facing the supervision of cryptocurrency in the United States, Robert Kennedy Jr. believes that it is freedom of transactions. People need to have sovereignty over their own wallets, freedom of transactions and transparent currency, and they need to ensure that the United States remains the center of blockchain technology. , he will ensure that cryptocurrencies are regulated, and he also revealed that he purchased 21 Bitcoins during the campaign and purchased 3 for each of his children.
Robert Kennedy Jr. said that if he is elected president, his goal is to make cryptocurrency a transaction currency and advocates not imposing capital gains tax on it:
People can have the freedom to trade, people can choose whether they can buy cryptocurrencies, I think cryptocurrencies should be considered a currency; we should not tax them... I think cryptocurrencies should be a currency used to buy apples, lunches, coffees etc. The item's currency.
