situation room much more fallout of donald trump s convictions among wolf s guess, trump s niece, mary trump, appeared weekend happening now, donald trump is raging after his historic criminal conviction condemning it as a scam and promising an appeal and rambling remarks filled with grievances and a flurry of false claims. we re looking at the road ahead for the former president and his campaign to return to the white house. also tonight, top republicans are rushing to trump s defense with house speaker mike johnson, taking it to a whole new level. the us supreme court should step in. all of this as the gop standard bearers facing new restrictions as a convicted felon will take a closer look. what trump can and can t do in the days, weeks, and possibly even years ahead welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer a year in this situation room our top story tonight, donald trump defined, as he begins to fall hi, this felony con
good evening. after his conviction on multiple counts of falsifying business records, donald trump today went on the offensive delivering a rambling 30 minute off the cuff monologue during which he attacked among others thejudge and the district attorney involved in his prosecution. president biden called his words dangerous and irresponsible. mr trump is due to be sentenced injuly he says he will appeal. also injuly is the republican party convention where he is expected to be confirmed as the party s presidential candidate. he still faces three other criminal trials. let s go live to new york and our correspondent, gary o donoghue. reeta, just a few hours ago donald trump left this building, headed for one of his golf courses, after what has been a turbulent 2a hours for the former president. his one appearance today, he took aim at pretty much everyone and everything, even wandering off into a tie raid about electric cars. the appeal is, of course, will come after
90, 22% of republicans who a bonus primaries or not trump. i think it s can make difficult for them to vote for trump, and it might be a pointer to that thank you very, very much. we got to run erin burnett outfront starts right now outfront next, trump s next move. a former president vowing to appeal his conviction while his lawyers way whether to move his sentencing date. michael cohen is my guess. plus kristi noem is out front on the verdict. would she be on the gop ticket with a convicted felon? the people who have been jailed for the same crime as trump, who are they? and what do their stories tell us about his feet? let s go out fine good evening. i m erin burnett outfront tonight, trump plotting his next move. the former president and now a convicted felon at bedminster, new jersey, his home there after spending the day with his family, ivanka jared melania, and baron all four noticeably absent during trump s historic trial ended up press conference or a spee
and i sat in the back, working out the swings with a calculator and a pad of paper, which i then passed him a piece of paper so that he could sound terribly informed about the swings in each constituency. i also spent a bit of time clock watching output, both the bbc and itv and others, for a private company that was just assessing whether or not they were meeting the election guidelines and giving all the parties a fair crack at the whip. which is why you ve always been so intrinsically fair at election time. it s hard wired into you! but i know that this is probably the first. well, i know for a fact this is the first ever uk general election where the party leaders have had to comment on the fact that a former us president has just been found guilty of a felony. yeah. cos it s never happened before. it is just sort of. when you say it like that, itjust. itjust takes your breath away. and, yes, they ve all had to comment. right, and we will discuss what they ve been saying,
president trump will speak and hold a news conference very soon. we ll carry it in its entirety. you recognize the place, trump tower in manhattan. this follows the historic guilty verdict against trump in a new york courtroom yesterday. millions of trump supporters and people who celebrated his loss yesterday will hear from a man who led the country in better times, even with a pandemic. it is a juxtaposition to current president biden s high-priced economy, the border crisis, failing foreign policies, which included the deadly withdrawal from afghanistan that cost 13 american lives and billions of dollars in military assets left on the ground in the hands of the enemy. trump s legal team says the path forward is just beginning. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. we heard from both the president, former president and his defense attorney, todd blanche, that this is far from over. i think it is just a disgrace and we ll keep fighting. we will fight unt