In the state of New York, former president Donald Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records, making him the first president in United States history to be convicted of a felony.

What comes next for for the former president? Sebald, Hackwelder & Knox attorney, Stephen Sebald, said an appeal is imminent.

"The next stage of this case will be a slew of post-trial motions and we all know that former president Trump is litigious and he is really fighting for his liberty here so I would anticipate an appeal to be taken which he has 30 days to do and I would anticipate that that is what is going to happen," Sebald said. 

Both local political party chairmen gave their thoughts on the jury's decision.

"Despite the verdict we are planning on having a close election and we are just to have to work our tails off to get our ground game going," said Erie County Democratic Party Chairman Sam Talarico.

"All 34 counts are tying in with how he recorded checks and things like that, those are misdemeanors, the only thing that makes it a felony that Bragg came up with is the fact that it interfered with an election and I am trying to think and did it really interfere with an election and I do not think it did," Erie County Republican Chairman Tom Eddy said.

Even with the verdict, the former president is still the the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

So what impact will that have on the 2024 presidential election?

"I have no idea, I know that in the local Democratic Party are just going to keep on doing what we were planning on doing, contacting voters and talking about some of the successes of the Biden administration and make sure that they understand this is a choice election," Talarico said.

"People will look at their wallets, look at what is happening to their families with regard to their financial stability and say I am not going to look at Trump in terms of his personality, I am going to look at Trump because he is the guy that puts in policies that directly affect my family in a very positive way," Eddy said.

Sentencing is set for July 11, just four days before the Republican National Convention is scheduled to begin in Milwaukee.