It was around the fifth inning when news of former President Donald Trump's guilty verdict reverberated throughout T-Mobile Park as the Seattle Mariners hosted the Houston Astros on May 30. Many fans learned of the news on their phones. "We did. ... And the guy next to us," said Martha Whitish. "I looked at my phone, I heard it bleep, and I looked at my sister afterwards and said, 'How does a criminal get to become president?'" Trump was convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of all 34 charges in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment to a porn actor who said the two had sex. READ MORE: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/news-of-trump-verdict-seattle-local-reactions/281-88e605ec-41e7-48fc-bcc2-47404b280043