those counts stem from a salacious hush money payment to an adult film star and the cover-up coordinated between trump, his former attorney michael cohen and head of the national inquirer, david pecker. this case was about a conspiracy to interfere in the 2016 election. we knew nothing about that until after the election was over thanks to some enterprising reporting from the wall street journal but prosecutors were reluctant to bring charges for some time. for years, this case against trump had effectively laid dormant. after six years of waiting and six years of trial and two years of deliberation, the jury of 12 ordinary americans found donald trump guilty on all 34 counts this afternoon. trump s fate is now in the hands of the judge, one mershon, who is scheduled a sentencing hearing for july 11th which is just four days before the republican national convention and while most experts agree prison time is unlikely, it s possible. trump is expected to hold a press conferen
than 20 minutes prosecutors say and he is comfortable, as you say, he arrives in court thinking that this is going to be another pro former conversation of modifying the bill prosecutors say are seeking detention, there was a gasp among many people in the courtroom. and, his defense lawyer, said the first time they heard about that was a minute before the court began that day. so, it took them by surprise. i have watched this judges go back and forth with him, with the attorneys and he is impatient with sam bankman-fried s behavior. the vpn i mentioned, really made him wonder why prosecution wasn t seeking more strict remedies back then. strict restrictions back then. he wants to see him writing now for the prosecution list, that request to have him detained a responsible defense. we ll see what happens next week. what a legal, day for sam bankman-fried. to, at one, point very, very powerful men who believe they were above the law and will soon find out if they are. david gura, alway
a result of this. do you think is actually gonna get his bail revoked? you heard this audible gasp, you know, in the courtroom. when that happened. i, mean that little sam, he s comfortable on his mom and dad basement. he s comfortable, he s been talking to journalists a ton. he s out of bells and phone calls with journalist, since he s been enhanced arrest. 1000. 1000? okay, he s sitting at his mom and dad s house, playing video games, 1000 for calls with journalist? yes. 500 of which are michael lewis, who wrote the big, short writing this book about sam bankman-fried, later to be published when the trial started in october. and, 100 with the supporter for new york times, who wrote the piece. many of which lasted longer than 20 minutes prosecutors say and he is comfortable, as you say, he arrives in court thinking that this is going to be another pro former conversation of modifying the bill prosecutors say are seeking detention, there was a gasp among many people in the cour
tough position to sustain the way they tried to do in the government oversight hearings last week that there s no there there. i think democrats would be in a better position to say, hey, let s get all the facts on the table, let s let the chips fall where they may and let s have hunter biden treated the way any other defendant would be, would be treated, and let s pursue this with the same vigor we pursued other investigations against, say, president trump when trump was in office. they re looking very political right now and i don t think that s a good position for them. jonathan: let me get john back in here. how messy does this look from a prosecutor s point of view, john? it seems extraordinary, these lawyers all walked into court, hunter biden walked into court thinking that this deal was done and the judge said, well, hold on a minute. it seems embarrassing at best, for everybody. i think this is looking worse and worse for the justice department. i agree with julian, it is