while this defendant may be unlike any other in american history, we arrived at this trial and ultimately, today, at this verdict in the same manner as every other case that comes through the court room doors. by following the facts and the law, and doing so without fear or favor. many voices out there, the only voice that matters is the voice of the jury and the jury has spoken. manhattan district attorney alvin bragg speaking yesterday following the historic conviction of former president donald trump on all 34 counts in the criminal hush money trial. trump becomes the first former u.s. president in american history to be convicted of a crime. the verdict was read around 5:00 p.m. in a new york city courtroom after the 12 jurors deliberated for roughly 9.5 hours, two days. each of the 34 felony counts associated with a falsified business records pertaining to trump s reimbursement of his former attorney and fixer, michael cohen, for a hush money payment to adult film ac
history, we arrived at this trial and ultimately today at this verdict in the same manner as every other case that comes through the courtroom doors, by following the facts and the law and doing so without fear or favor. many voices out there, the only voice that matters is the voice of the jury. and the jury has spoken. that s manhattan district attorney alvin bragg following the historic conviction of donald trump on all 34 counts in his hush money trial. we ll have expert legal analysis on the verdict and the timeline for trump s sentencing. also ahead we ll bring you reaction from republicans who rushed to trump s defense yesterday as well as president joe biden s response to the verdict. plus, the conviction has many people wondering if trump can still run for president. we ll go through the what impact if any this all has on november s election. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, may 31st. i m jonathan lemire. katty kay is alongside this mor
is bigger than my presidency. i find it absolutely insane. any person running for office that we would go after them in order to silence them? that s a scary place to be. this is all done by biden and his people. may be his people more portly i don t know if biden knows too much about it. i think it s a complete failure of our justice system. it s a complete joe biden kamala harris hit job. it will catch up to him. i think it s the right verdict. etiquette shows our system of justice works if you are rich or poor. i m shocked he keeps going. i m willing to do whatever i have to do to save our country and to save our constitution. sandra: that was moments ago live in new york city and now a lab look at the white house screen left where we are about to hear from president biden. a big question is whether or not he will comment on former president trump s historic guilty verdict. the president we are told will be making those remarks shortly. they are expected to be
trump will see it? oh, he s going to keep the convention and he s going to use it as rocket fueled energizes base, but don t know how it plays with swing voters. all right. well, thank you both very much. thanks for joining us. the news continues right here. on cnn it s friday, may 31, right now on cnn this morning he didn t do a thing wrong. i m a. very innocent man guilty on all 34 counts, donald trump calling his hush money trial rigged, and assisting you only verdict he cares about is the one that s handed down on november 5th i did my job manhattan da alvin bragg speaking out and praising the jury after that the historic conviction as soon as we can appeal, we will and donald trump s lawyer vowing to fight the verdicts and the possibility of jail time. for the former president right fiber him. your in washington alive. look at new york city where donald trump is waking up. it convicted felon this morning. good morning, everyone. i m kasie hunt wonderful to have y
angeles and this is america s late news, auction is at night. fox news at night. it s time for dancing in the streets. trace: brand-new reaction to donald trump being found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records period the verdict, no surprise being celebrated by the left. supporters of the former president have a much different take. what was going through your head? is. i almost fainted. it s disgusting, i m telling you men. what they are doing to this man is disgusting. it wouldn t happen to anyone else. trace: the verdict appears to be igniting the trump base even more. campaigns is the digital fundraising system is overwhelmed but the former president appears to be unshaken by the outcome, vowing to continue the fight all the way to the ballot box. this was a rig, disgraceful trial with the real verdict is going to be november 5th by the people. trace: we have team fox coverage. we begin with nate foy, he s live outside the new york co