left the courthouse back to trump tower, arriving there, that s what you re looking at on the screen supporters read it him there cheering others were there, channing, quote lock him up obviously, an echo of what he had said about hillary clinton just moments ago, the new york district attorney speaking out for the first time celebrating his victory but most importantly today, we have the most important voice of all. and as the voice of the jurors they have spoken donald j. trump has been convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records. thank you. said from now on, we re going to hear from them in court documents as a sentencing is coming next. meanwhile, and angry trump rattled off the long list of complaints about this process here he is this was a rigged trial by unconflicted judge who was corrupt so rig trial and disgrace it wouldn t give us a venue change. we were at 5% or 6% and this district in this area, this was a rigged, disgraceful trial. you have a sou
45th president of the united states, as a convicted felon, and donald trump s lead attorney, todd blanche well, join me live. i m kaitlin collins, and this is the source it s one of those where were you kind of moments in american history when the verdict came down on donald trump today. gil we ll t guilty, guilty reverberating 34 times over as the former president s that stone-faced and that new york courtroom about are how you feel about this case or about donald trump, the man. it s an extraordinary stain on the office of the presidency and on donald trump s already tarnished legacy he ll be back in that very same courtroom for sentencing in this case on july 11. that happens just days before he takes the stage for the republican national convention accepting his party s nomination for president but this time as a convicted felon, we saw donald trump earlier raising his fist and defiance it s to the crowd that had gathered outside trump tower like this evening. i
Developing stories including more on russia. A poll showing over half of americans say they do want an independent inquiry of the links between trump and russia. More than 60 say this is concerning for what it actually means for our democracy. Couple that with the former National Security adviser, mike flynn, Offering Testimony in exchange for immunity. Now, today. Vladimir putin spokesman claiming there is actually nothing to uncover. Are you concerned about anything he might say about his contacts with russia . No. We are not. Any blamings that russia could have been interfering in Domestic Affairs of the United States is slander. Peskov saying that an allegation regarding the russian governments involvement in the recent killing of an Opposition Lawmaker is absurd. How will these events affect the already rocky path ahead for the Trump Administration . Joining me now is ron klain, a former senior aide to president clinton, matt miller who worked at the Department Of Justice for eric
what else did she say? reporter: she tried to lay out the stakes of this decision and tell her audience to speak out about it, and this was the largest audience that she has spoken to in the ten days since that ruling came down. it was a very important group that she was speaking to. black women, of course, are very important constituency for the democratic party, one that the white house hopes will be galvanized by this decision. so the vice president called it outrageous, she said it was a serious issue and even harkened back to some of the darkest moments in american history, listen to what she had to say. what essentially has happened is the statement has been made that the government has a right to come in your home and ale you as a woman and as a family what you should do with your body. we also know that we have had a history in this country of government trying to claim ownership over human bodies. exactly. yes, that is right. and we have supposedly
moments in american history, and it really helps to clarify what we saw on january 6th. the seditious tradition in american life. and the very real warning sense of what was actually happening, cnn documented, by people at the time. remember, those tactics, the armed violence and the coup, the attempt to overturn an elected government like in wilmington, it worked overtime. it worked. and the free black people in the south, many of those jurisdictions, did not see their freedom, their true democratic rights again for another 80 years. those are the states. that is what happens if the mob is allowed to rule without repercussions. that is all in on this wednesday night, msnbc prime starts now with ali velshi, good evening ali. very thoughtful, chris, thank you for that. and enjoy the rest of you tonight, i will see you