231231 this is cnn. the world s news the next verdict will come on election day. i m michael smerconish and philadelphia donald trump is the first former us president to be a convicted felon. but will the verdict help or hurt is 2024 campaign non-white voters may have the answer. here s a part of what some of the callers and the popular morning radio program, the breakfast club had to say after the verdict faster, like trump s 30 trust the system at all. i feel their railroad and body system and you see that when she walked in the courtroom to be guilty, you gonna be guilty? how can anybody blackboard provide it trump? were you i d rather have president wright, who s going to be honest and show me a whole, then have a president who s going to allow me to try to get me up, to get my vote breakfast club, host charlemagne, the god is going to join me in just a moment in the most recent poll of battleground states, which included third-party candidates, biden had only 49% support
sentence and non-prison sentences virtually the same. and in fact, a prison sentence, maybe he gets a sentence, but they expect, they hoped that it would be stayed immediately and that it would not go into effect. and so this is all i guess short-term political strategy i still think that we should just be aware that there is also a very good possibility that he does not get a prison sentence let s hear right. just based on the facts of this particular case but the fact that so many trump allies are suggesting to me that they see present in his feature, they think that that is going to be just a shot of adrenaline into the republican base. and that s all that is on their minds at this point. look verdict has calmed down. they re going to take what they ve got and run with it and they think that this is going to be the motivating factor we heard one republican hugh hewitt a commentator, say, this is almost like the dobbs decision for democrats. i don t know if that is true int
day for the most part i found it i was totally zoned in that one pretty pretty quick. i felt towards the last hour, so that mr. steinglass couldn t move to the long and i didn t know if we needed like six book excerpts get more choice xors. i think get less for have been a little more with some of that, but i think i think look, on the defense end i think todd blanche rule was i heard the word meandering. yeah, i certainly subscribe to that. i think he made a real legal and tactical mistake by diving into people s exhibits 35 and 36. the weisselberg notes i think they are the smoking gun evidence and i think he dove into a minefield without a plan to get to get through it. do you think he should not have even brought those up? if anything? i wouldn t he like lead with it. right that s not those documents are not his strong suit. and i anticipated and then i tours steinglass just went to town. he really he got to a plus on that bolt documents up you ve got weisselb
most part i found it. i was totally zoned in that one pretty pretty quick. i felt towards the last hour or so that mr. steinglass couldn t move to the long and i didn t know if we needed like six book excerpts choice. choice xors. i think get less where the been a little more with that. but i think i think look on the defense and i think todd blanche rule was i heard the word meandering yeah, i certainly subscribe to that. i think he made a real legal and tactical mistake by diving into people s exhibits 35 and 36. the weisselberg notes, i think they are the smoking gun evidence and i think he dove into a minefield without a plan to get to get through it. do you think he should not have even brought those up? if anything? i wouldn t he like lead with it. right. that s not hit those documents are not his strong suit. and i anticipated and then i saw steinglass just went to town. he really he got to a plus on that bolt documents up you ve got weisselberg s handwriting
president is four criminal trials. look at the case tomorrow with it a job. they know jury has ever had before deciding whether or not to convict a former president united states and current candidate for the office again, of as many as 34 felonies today was the final chance for both sides to persuade them. we re talking about it tonight, joining the panel, retired new york city criminal judge george grosso, and jury consultant to alan. alan tuerkheimer. just grosso. it is great to have you with all your experience here what did you make up closing arguments night, i mean five hours two-and-a-half, three hours. is that it was a long day for the most part. i found it i was totally zoned in that one pretty pretty quick. i felt towards the last hour, so that mr. steinglass couldn t move to the long and i didn t know if we needed like six book excerpts more choice choice xors. i think less for the been a little more with some of that, but i think i think look, on the defense