Florida man who fatally stabbed friend over Trump convicted of second-degree murder

(Guardian UK) A Florida man who fatally stabbed a friend during an argument in 2022 over Donald Trump’s businesses having gone bankrupt, is facing possibly spending the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of murder.

Donald Jamesbrown Henry, 38, awaits a sentencing hearing tentatively scheduled for October after jurors found him guilty on Friday of second-degree murder in the killing of Shawn Popp, whose death came to be regarded by some as an example of the havoc that politics can wreak on interpersonal relationships in the US.

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According to authorities, Popp was smoking marijuana at a friend’s house in the community of Arcadia on 22 October 2022 when he and Henry – another visitor – became locked into an argument about Trump, who at the time was a fellow Florida resident in between his two presidencies.

Popp made a statement about “Trump going bankrupt”, investigators wrote in a sworn statement that was later filed in court and reported on by Reuters. Henry, meanwhile, “strongly believed that Donald Trump did not go bankrupt but instead … chose the wrong individuals to do business with, which caused it to fail”, investigators wrote. .............(more)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/19/florida-man-stabbed-friend-trump-murder-conviction