november 5th by the people and they know what happened here and everybody knows what happened here. bret: former president trump just moments ago. good evening. i m bret baier. historic day in the united states of america. donald trump is the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes after a new york jury found him guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in what prosecutors called a scheme to influence the 2016 election through payments to adult film actress. that verdict exposes the president to prison time. not likely as a first offender. as a republican presidential nominee seeks to return to the white house. the judgment presents voters of another test willingness to accept the former president. he said the ultimate vote here will be the american people on november 5th moments ago after all 34 counts were read and agreed to by the jury members. correspondent nate foy is outside the new york supreme court with the latest in what has been a ve
now that s you re going to see the impact that has over the next five months historic verdict is in donald j. trump, the 45th president of the united states. has been found guilty by a jury of his peers on all 34 new york state felony counts of falsifying business records, tides of the alleged stormy daniels hush money cover-up, i guess we can remove the word alleged from that. the is now a convicted felon, even as he is running to return turn to the white house. mr. trump left the courthouse a short while ago. he will be sentenced on july 11, literally just days before the republican national convention convenience of course, donald trump and his lawyers will appeal this conviction but as of now and they cannot appeal until after sentencing july 11, and as of now, 12 jurors for a manhattan 12 12 of the president s peers have made a monumental decision finding the former president of the united states, donald trump, guilty on all counts. we are standing by for a news conferen
donald trump convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records after a manhattan jury deliberated for 9 1/2 hours. will the former president face prison time or just probation for the low-level felonies in the hush money case? and how will the judicial system handle the unprecedented case of a former president with secret service protection? the political fallout. how will this impact donald trump s campaign for the presidency. the real verdict is going to be november 5th. mr. trump, the presumptive republican nominee defiant tonight, proclaiming his innocence, calling the process rigged, and accusing president biden of backing a political persecution, as he addressed cameras outside the courtroom. the biden campaign saying, quote, we saw that no one is above the law. and how will a nation driven by political division react? our complete historic coverage, coming up. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome, everyone. guilty on all cou
a historic day in america. a former president of the united states now a convicted felon. good evening. i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us on this important night. donald trump seethed as he left a manhattan court room today as a convicted criminal. and then here he is come arriving back trump tower, waving at crowds. today, a jury of 12 new yorkers found him guilty 34 times over of creating false business records, including these checks with his signature, tied to hush money payments made to adult film star for stormy daniels. the jurors unanimously agreed with the prosecution that these payments are part of a scheme to conceal crimes that hid damaging information from the voting public during the 2016 presidential election. we have team coverage as we answer some of the major remaining questions. how will this affect the presidential election? is this the only criminal trial trump will face in the months ahead? and will trump face prison time? cbs s robert
something that judge merchan can continue up to the time of sentencing. i m just thinking about the judge in the hearing with the gag orders where he said and none of the weight that was going on was lost on him and who this is in front of him. and he said, i don t want to send you to prison, but i have a job to do. we don t know if he s going the next thing i think the country s going to be waiting for is that, and what does prison for a former president look like? can it be done in fort brag in a room? i don t snow. unbelievable. unbelievable thought. thank you not just for being here today when this happened, it s fitting that you are both sitting here next to me, but for being here every day as this goes on. harry lipman, i know we lose you. saying thank you to your contributions to your hours for the trial are ones i d be going through and itemizing. thank you very much. for those of you at home joining us just now, you have been watching msnbc continuing cover