TRUMP WILL TRY TO TURN GUILTY VERDICT INTO CAMPAIGN FUEL

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is gearing up to give a defiant response to his historic New York criminal conviction. The Republican ex-president is holding a news conference Friday at his namesake tower in Manhattan as he tries to turn what would ordinarily be a career-ending judgment into campaign fuel. Trump returns to the campaign trail as the first former president to be convicted of a felony. …