unprecedented now, for the first time in american history, a former president convicted for his criminal behavior while still serving as presumptive republican nominee for president. donald trump calls the verdict rigged and himself, quote, a political prisoner. newsbreak, he is not in prison. maga outrage, trump allies including the house speaker and several potential vice presidential candidates are blasting the verdict and unleashing dangerous rhetoric against the justice system and our democracy itself. but no one is above the law. president biden warns the attacks are reckless and irresponsible while trying to keep his campaign focused on issues important to voters. we will talk about it all, the prosecution and the politics with congresswoman maxine waters of california and politics nation host, the reverend al sharpton. nbc analysts and prosecutor. i m jonathan kay part, this is the saturday show. historic victory for american justice, accountability and the rule of la
unprecedented moment. for the first time in american history, a former president has been convicted for his criminal behavior while still serving as the presumptive republican nominee for president. donald trump calls the verdict rigged and himself, quote, a political prisoner. news break. he s not in prison. maga outrage. trump s allies including the house speaker and several potential republican vice presidential candidates are blasting the verdict and unleashing dangerous rhetoric against the justice system and our democracy itself. but, no one is above the law. president biden warns these attacks are reckless and irresponsible while trying to keep his campaign focus on issues important to voters. we ll talk about it all. the prosecution, and the politics. with congresswoman maxine waters of california and the reverend al sharpton. plus, michelle goldburg and tim miller. i m jonathan capehart an this is the saturday show. and, an historic victory for american justice,
. it is great to be together as always, thank you. of the verdict on the former president on 34 criminal counts while running for president, there s no legal or political precedent for what we are witnessing but how does this compare to other destabilizing moments in our history? i think the choice is clear, we have a convicted felon, in days of yore, if it convicted felon had run for alderman, probably as high he or she would have aspired until the last couple decades, that person would have said, i served my time, i learned my lesson, i have remorse, there will be no one more zealous more than i am and forcing our legal system. instead, you and i saw that land at the bottom of the brass elevator at trump tower yesterday by the presumed republican nominee of this year, he is saying the system is rotten, i want to dismantle parts of the constitution, i
michael, as always, thank you very much for coming to the show. great to be together as always. thank you. we have a guilty verdict against the former president on 34 criminal counts while he is also running for president. there is no legal or political precedent for what we are witnessing. but how does this compare to other destabilizing moments in our history? i think is choice is pretty clear. in days of yore, if a convicted felon had run let s say for alderman which was probably about as high as he or she would have aspired until the last couple of decades, that person would have said i served my time. i learned my lesson. i have remorse. there will be no one more zealous than i am in enforcing our legal system. instead, you and i saw that rant at the bottom of the brass elevator at trump tower yesterday by the presumed