conviction and two very different messages today, president biden just speaking out for the first time i ve for trump was found guilty of all 34 charges in his hush money trial, biden making it clear that the jury s decision reaffirm the american principle that no one is above the law they found donald trump guilty i m all 34 felony counts now it d be given the opportunity as he should to appeal that decision just like everyone else has that opportunity. that s how the american system of justice works and it s reckless. is dangerous, it s irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged. just because they don t like the verdict now that statement coming just hours after former president trump lashed out after his criminal conviction, he railed against the verdict against judge juan merchan, against the district attorney, alvin bragg, and one of the prosecution s key witnesses, michael cohen, at one point, trump all the us a fascist state. cnn s kara scannell is joining us no
reflects the competency of the lawyers who who presented in court cyrus fans junior. thank you so much. appreciate it. wolf, let s get back to you soon. thank you very much. and dana, a lot of folks were bracing were bracing for a decision. but but this came very, very quickly. it came very quickly, and i have to say that as we kick it back to erin burnett, that this is a moment where we are all still digesting the implications and the impact and we re not going to know the real impact for a long time. it s gonna be a while. we ll see what happens on july 11th as well. truly historic moment for the nation today, the conviction a former president and presumptive republican presidential nominee, donald j. trump, stay with cnn for much bore on this major breaking story. erin burnett picks up our coverage right now these cnn s breaking news. i m good evening. i m erin burnett outfront and night breaking news. donald trump convicted the former president of phelan, a ju
leveraging psychology from discovery to decision melissa great to see you. there there s a lot of pressure on this jury. i mean, that s an understatement, right supporters and critics of former president are adding to that pressure. are you concerned that after this weekend judge, immer schon may hear from jurors who went out because of fear or pressure that could potentially happen. but remember fredricka in the very beginning, the judge asked the entire veneer, who cannot be fair and impartial. if someone was not willing to serve, they had an easy out at that moment& that typically isn t that easy. so you started with the panel a week ago of jurors that indicated that they were willing and able to serve. so i think the risk of that is smaller than it would be if he hadn t conducted the initial void de in that manner well, there are six alternates but no, judge wants to have to need
myself, this was going to be a far longer process. but thanks, a judge. immer schon, who summarily removed some of the jurors, which works significant numbers, who could not and would not be willing to be a part of this process. we left us with a far more efficient process. what we have 12 jurors now what do we know about these 12 jurors? that the prosecution and the defense felt that they were the right fit for this case. we also have two lawyers. we have a corporate lawyer, we have a civil litigator. and why is that important? routinely, both sides are concerned when you have a lawyer on a jury, why is that? you don t want that lawyer to take what they believe the law is in their training experience and use that to pursue that case. ultimately, there s a concern as well that the other jurors may look to those lawyers and say, what do you think? what is your experience tell you what should we do we all know and they d been instructed it is not the role of any juror no matter your ca