Former President Donald Trump to be sentenced days before the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee

Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to be sentenced just four days before the Republican National Convention is set to begin in Milwaukee.

A New York jury convicted Trump Thursday on all 34 felony counts in a case in which prosecutors said he had falsified business records to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star ahead of the 2016 presidential election. He is expected to appeal.

It wasn't immediately clear Thursday how Trump's July 11 sentencing will affect planning for the Milwaukee convention where he is expected to officially accept the Republican Party nomination for president.

The RNC will take place July 15-18 in downtown Milwaukee.

Republican National Convention officials did not immediately have a comment.

Many Republicans flatly rejected the ruling Thursday. It also raises questions about how the convention will play out.

Former longtime Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson said he thinks the verdict will dramatically change the tone of the convention.

"This is just gonna increase the hyper-bitterness, the hyper partisanship that we're witnessing in our country. This is not, in any way, going to help ameliorate the political conditions in this country, which I find really serious," Thompson told the Journal Sentinel. "For somebody who has spent my whole life in this arena, (it's) very sad."

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This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Former President Trump to be sentenced days before RNC in Milwaukee