ANALYSIS: Trump is now a convicted felon. That will actually matter in November

Whether it was by luck or some other means, Donald Trump has spent his entire life evading consequences, moving through the world with impunity and accusing others of being criminals when his own conduct was called out.

This “I’m rubber, you’re glue” strategy was in part how he defeated former New York senator turned Obama administration Secretary of State Hillary Clinton when they faced off in the 2016 presidential election.

For those who may not remember, Clinton spent much of the 2015-2016 election cycle embroiled in a scandal stemming from her use of a private email server while serving as America’s top diplomat. A congressional investigation had found that some of the emails she’d received from aides contained information later deemed to be classified, which — in theory — may have been enough to charge her with violating US laws governing the handling of national defense information.

On the stump during that campaign, Trump repeatedly branded her as a criminal. At an October 2016 debate between the two candidates, he told her that she’d “be in jail” if he were to become president.

Now, eight years later, Trump’s luck has run out. He’s been branded a criminal where it matters most: in a court of law.

A jury of 12 New Yorkers found him guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in an effort to unlawfully influence the 2016 presidential election. He had been accused of covering up reimbursement payments to his then-attorney Michael Cohen for $130,000 in hush money to Stormy Daniels, whose story about having sex with Trump threatened to derail his campaign against Clinton.

Though Trump now claims that his conviction was “rigged” and “corrupt” and has vowed to appeal, he will, for the first time,