donald trump s lawyer arranging $130,000 payment to a former adult film star. he reportedly did settle in october 20 16th 2016. these are felony crimes in new york state, no matter who you are. we have officially begun the first criminal trial of the former president of the united states. he seems old and tired and mad. the first witness in this criminal trial is now taking the stand. ecker was right there in the beginning of the plan to keep his relationship with stormy daniels secret. just started crying. stormy daniels testified in vivid detail about their alleged sexual encounter. michael cohen was formally called to the witness stand to testify against his former boss. both sides made their final pleas to the jury. verdict has been reached in former president trump s new york criminal trial. found guilty on all 34 felony counts. we did our job. the american principle that no one is above the law was reaffirmed. good evening. once again, i
i think there is a very good chance the first presidential debate in june will have more of an impact than this ruling. i just don t know of any citizens whose minds will be changed by this. after he stole from veteran, with fraud online university and mocked a disabled guy. after six star wars movies and ready to say darth vader is the bad guy. i think people s minds are made up. there may be some nikki haley supporters of this will nudge but at the end of the day i think the selection may not be so much biden-trumpet trumpism versus non-trumpism. i think john is right about that. you can t tell how this is going to affect the election. we also do have a very short attention span. i spoke to [ inaudible ] on the air and she was arguing to take trump s comments live on television more, the exact opposite argument democrats made in 2016. they re saying no, have him out