coming to you from msnbc world headquarters in new york city. welcome to alex witt reports . we begin with new fallout and w also the reaction to this historic verdict in donald trump s hush money trial. donald trump s attorney, acknowledging there is a chance the former president of the united states may be sentenced to jail time following his conviction on 34 felony counts. blanche telling the ap the defense will argue strenuously for a non-incarcerated tory sentence. and a short time ago new reaction from republican house speaker mike johnson s comments on saying trump s verdict will be overturned. here s what clark brewster, the attorney representing stormy daniels told me here on msnbc. the idea that they were some part of some conspiracy is nonsense and these 12 people that spent all the time in that courtroom, weeks listen to the evidence and according to the oath return a verdict is a true and honest verdict based upon the facts and evidence and i ct witnessed a cou
store you are watching our live continuing special coverage of today s unanimous guilty on all counts verdict. in the criminal trial of former president donald trump. i am rachel maddow, i m here with my colleague, stephanie ruhle and jen psaki and alex wagner and chris hayes, in a courtroom in downtown manhattan, just after 5:00 eastern time this evening, a foreperson of the journey rose and delivered the jury unanimous , guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in order to conceal the scheme to correct the 2016 election. the scheme that was described by the prosecution in their summation as something that may very well have been the reason that donald trump won the 2016 election. as of tonight, it is official a criminal scheme, he has been convicted on 34 counts. with those convictions, we enter uncharted territory as a country, for the first time, a president has criminally convicted and for the first time for one of our two main political parties is about to
The people of our country know it s a hoax. you know it s a hope. they get it. you know, they are really smart and it s really something. so we will be appealing this scam. we are back with former prosecutor david henderson and devlin barrett, reporter for the washington post. devlin, trump has repeatedly said this verdict is a scam. he continues to deny any type of relationship or interaction with stormy daniels back in 2006, despite the testimony we heard on the stand from stormy daniels. you watch these proceedings day in and day out. what do you make so far of what we are seeing from the former president? look. i think that he is trying to come up with politically palatable explanations for a guilty verdict. and a guilty on all counts verdict. he s been pre-gaming this outcome for a while saying the
That point in your report there, a major movement, in particular black women in the movement? yes. major movement, in particular black women in the movement? yes, that s riaht, and women in the movement? yes, that s right. and just women in the movement? yes, that s right. and just to women in the movement? yes, that s right, and just to get women in the movement? yes, that s right, and just to get you right, and just to get you up to date with the absolute latest. our kelly s defence just walked by and i as tim watters reaction was to the guilty on all counts verdict. he said that his client is disappointed but he has walked by reporters. certainly, a lot of the victims have. they felt when they spoke out, they were instead told to be silent, do not take down one of the powerful men in their society, but certainly, this has been a moment for them to really speak out about not just what happened for them to really speak out about notjust what happened to them but so many others
The scene. the notorious mexican drug lord joaquin el chapo guzman could now spend the rest of his life behind bars in the u.s. he was convicted tuesday at his federal trial in new york on all ten counts against him including the main charge, running a continual enterprise. more from brynn gingras. reporter: christine and dave, it might be have been that federal charge that might have been the most complex for the jurors when they deliberated for the last six days. considering weeks and weeks of testimony and a lot of evidence and a very dense case that the prosecution put on. so it s that first count that also carrying a life in prison sentence. but the zwrujudge is going to m the final determination of a sentence in june. our producer was there from day one and she says that he didn t give much of a reaction when the jurors came back with the guilty on all counts verdict. he smiled at his wife who has