justice samuel alito - and no one else there s no other birthdays o that day [laughter thank, you my friend thank you and thank you at-home for joining us this. our i m happy to have you here i know it is weird to have m here on a thursday, like i was last night, and now and friday as i am tonight. i know that is unusual but your usual host at thi hour, the great alex wagner, i off on a family vacation thi week great week to choose, alex wagner and because she is a way, yo are stuck with me. i apologize, alex wagner we ll be back next week. but tonight, because you are stuck with me, you are als stuck with this. - believe you and i have all received copies of the statement that i read to the court, in open court as i said in that statement, the reason that i have changed my decision to fight thi matter is because i now believ it would be against th national interest and have a brutalizing effect on my family, that s had a long two-year struggle concerning this matte
tonight. but your usual host at thi hour would be alex wagner s of on a family vacation this week great week to choose, alex and because she is a way you are stuck with me. i apologize. alex we ll be back next week but tonight, because you are stuck with me, you are als stuck with this. gentlemen, i believe you ve all received copies of the prepared statement that i read to the court in open court as i said in that statement, the reason i changed m decision to fight this matte is because i do not believe it would be against the nationa interest and we have a brutalizing effect of my famil and is gone a through two-year struggle concerning this matter. you also may be aware that wha i said in open court, that i categorically and flatly den the assertions that were mad by the private prosecutors wit regard to their contentions of bribery and extortion on m part i will have nothing more to sa at this point. i will make an address to th nation within a few days and so the cri
but the bottom line of all o it, the main thing i think w need to keep in mind constitutionally in terms of our history in terms of ou american system of governmen and accountability, the bottom line of all of it, for us righ now, is if this new york indictment goes as terribly as it possibly could for former president donald trump - i mean, if he is indicted an it goes to trial and he is convicted and he is then sentenced to prison as a consequence of those convictions, all of those bi ifs after the indictment - even if the worst happens it goes to trial, he i convicted, he sends the prison if he goes to prison - even if all of that happens, none of that would affect hi actual eligibility to run fo president again if he so chooses. it is the constitution tha says who is eligible to serv as president and the constitution sets only three criteria one, you need to be a natura born u.s. citizen. number two, you need to have been a resident of the unite
it goes to trial and he is convicted and he is then sentenced to prison as a consequence of those convictions, all of those bi ifs after the indictment - even if the worst happens it goes to trial, he i convicted, he sends the prison if he goes to prison - even if all of that happens, none of that would affect hi actual eligibility to run fo president again if he so chooses. it is the constitution tha says who is eligible to serv as president and the constitution sets only three criteria one, you need to be a natura born u.s. citizen. number two, you need to have been a resident of the unite states for at least 14 years and number three, you need t be 35 years old. donald trump is 76 so, he s fine. born in queens, lived here his whole life, no problem there is nothing that even multiple felony conviction might interfere with in term of his eligibility to stan again before the america people as a candidate fo president of the united states