The Big Take
Wall Street Billionaires Are Rushing to Back Trump, Verdict Be Damned
A growing number of financial elites are throwing their weight behind Trump, who was found guilty in the first criminal trial of a former US president.
Donald Trump at Manhattan criminal court in New York on May 30, 2024.
Photographer: Justin Lane/EPA/Bloomberg
Before 12 New Yorkers branded Donald Trump a felon, a very different kind of jury — one assembled at the sumptuous Pierre hotel on Fifth Avenue — had reached a verdict of its own.
Even if the courtroom jury found him guilty as charged, the wealthy Wall Streeters at the Pierre concluded, he’d still be their choice for the White House.