Convicted felon Donald Trump to be sentenced on July 11 following guilty verdict: Live updates

“Jim” (fake name) from Flatbush

“I will very much be voting for Trump in November. And as I said to a previous reporter, I will only be voting Republican for the rest of my life.”

Are you upset? Are you angry? Are you sad?

“It’s funny I should be seething angry. I’m sad for the country, but I also know that there’s a high likelihood Trump does win in November. So I’m kind of like reserving my anger as they would say, you know, you can only be so angry for so long.”

The question on everyone’s lips.

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Cops are now pulling up the barricades around Collect Pond Park, near to the New York courtroom where Donald Trump’s trial took place.

Protesters and onlookers are shuffling out. A man who shows up to Trump protests on the regular in a Trump mask and orange prison jumpsuit is still hanging around, while a man carrying a “Lock him up!” sign is circling him, saying “Lock him up” a repeatedly as well as “go to jail.”

A woman carrying a MAGA Country flag has just walked by and said “my kid is not a crackhead” seemingly unprompted.

It’s been quite a wild few hours to say the least.

Get the answer from The Independent’s Gustaf Kilander:

DVS 7.0 (real name Shaun) is a Christian rapper and Trump supporter

“What a tragedy. But at the same time, excited for what’s coming after this because we’re going to see a brand new red wave. They just strengthen the, they just strengthen the base. They just told people like me and everyone here that we’re all the same. He’s just like one of us.

Ben Guthrie, a 75-year-old retiree. Holding a sign saying GUILTY

“I have a lot of admiration for the courage of the jurors. It was not an easy thing. He’s as threatening as he is to everybody who stands up to him and all those jurors were incredibly courageous. And I was also impressed with how careful they were arriving at the verdict.”

Members of the public gathered outside the courtroom in New York, shared their reactions to the trial with The Independent following the historic verdict.

Karen Irwin, bartender from New York. Today is her 49th birthday:

On the jurors, she said: “They took time, they took care, they wanted the system to work. And they were a part of what happens when the system does work, not just because they reached a guilty verdict, but because they use their brains because they thought about things like the system can’t work if people aren’t freaking thinking. So I would say thank you for thinking.

Peyton Bryant, a lawyer from New York:

“I mean, everyone wants to pick on the fact that he slept with a woman, but it’s really not about that. It’s about keeping information from the American people in advance of an election and had we had access to that information he may have never been the president.

Jason Z, a 25-year-old from New York:

“It’s a sad day because I think our presidents have a responsibility to the people and that includes not being a felon.”

Raul Rivera is a 54-year-old cab driver from the Bronx:

“He’s gonna win, he’s gonna win, he’s gonna win, he’s gonna win. He’s gonna, he’s gonna win. That’s it. We’re gonna vote for him. He’s gonna fix this country. What they’re doing to this man is disgusting. It’s disgusting. It wouldn’t happen to no one else. They’re trying to stop him from campaigning.”

Here’s what we know about the people who deliberated on, and ultimately delivered the historic verdict on Thursday: