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
trump. that is the way they view jack trump. that is the way they viewjack smith, the trump. that is the way they view jack smith, the special counsel s indictment, which if you read the speaking indictment that jack smith handed out in his case, also covering attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, a lot of that will seem very familiar. this is ground that has already been covered in the federal case, this is now a state case laying out a similar line of arguments, donald trump lost and refused to accept it, he took steps that were illegal to try to reverse the election. nothing in this i don t think will change their minds, if it was not changed and that federal indictment. i will point out the way the american system works is that even though it is the same crime been charged by the federal prosecutors and being charged by state prosecutors, donald trump could stand trial twice for it because it is two separate solvents, the federal government wringing its case and dona