i m alicia mendendez with symone sanders-townsend and michael steele and new york city. today, the next president really against his criminal conviction and his party revolting against the justice system. michael: joins us at the table to react . and what comes next for trumped as the assumptive nominee said to be sentenced days before the gop convention. conservative supreme court justices refusing to take the ethical high road and how should democrats respond. grab your coffee and your tea and settle in. welcome to a supersized edition of the weekend. donald trump s felony conviction and the fallout is a historic moment for this country. the guilty verdict showing us no one is above the law, not even a former president but since the conviction we have seen a sharp rise in attacks against prosecutors, the judge and the jury. yesterday, trump unleashed a rambling tirade filled with lies undermining america s judicial process. and right on cue his gop allies parroted and
while this defendant may be unlike any other in american history, we arrived at this trial and ultimately, today, at this verdict in the same manner as every other case that comes through the court room doors. by following the facts and the law, and doing so without fear or favor. many voices out there, the only voice that matters is the voice of the jury and the jury has spoken. manhattan district attorney alvin bragg speaking yesterday following the historic conviction of former president donald trump on all 34 counts in the criminal hush money trial. trump becomes the first former u.s. president in american history to be convicted of a crime. the verdict was read around 5:00 p.m. in a new york city courtroom after the 12 jurors deliberated for roughly 9.5 hours, two days. each of the 34 felony counts associated with a falsified business records pertaining to trump s reimbursement of his former attorney and fixer, michael cohen, for a hush money payment to adult film ac
at wembley, where there are new security measures in place. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. donald trump has said he will appeal, after becoming the first serving or former us president to be convicted of a crime. he was found guilty last night on all 3a counts of falsifying business records, only months before the election which could see him returned to the white house. he is still allowed to run for office, even with a criminal conviction. donald trump claimed the trial was rigged. he ll be sentenced injuly. our north america correspondent john sudworth has the latest from new york. in a nearby park, his opponents celebrated. trump is guilty! while inside the court, the former president was walking into history. are you worried about going to jail? ..as the first ever to be convicted of a crime. this was a disgrace. this was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt. it s a rigged trial, a disgrace. but it was a jury who convicted him on the e