i m okay with it. i saw one of my lawyers the other day on television saying, oh, no, you don t want to do that for the president. i said, you don t beg for anything. it is the way it is. if that would happen, i don t know that the public would stand it, you know. i m not sure the public would stand for it. on house arrest? i think it would be tough for the public to take. you know, at a certain point there s a breaking point. that was donald trump yesterday with an ominous suggestion about how his supporters would respond to him being sentenced to jail after his conviction in the hush money case. we ll have much more of his comments as well as what president biden is now saying about the conviction just ahead. meanwhile, the president s son will be in court today in delaware for the start of his trial for federal gun charges. we ll bring you legal analysis on that case. and, plus, a possible major development to bring some peace
facing time in prison. i m okay with it. i saw one of my lawyers on tv saying, you don t want to do that to the president. i said, you don t beg for anything. ainsley: trump campaign is crushing fundraising records. eric trump says his campaign has raised a ton since the conviction. well, over $70, this is $21 donation, small dollar donation, add large dollar donation, over 200 million. lawrence: the former president is now on tiktok. the president is tiktok. my honor. [cheering] steve: all right. to put tiktok numbers in comparison with president
the former president claims he s prepared for the harshest of all, prison time. i m okay with it. i saw one of my lawyers the other day on television saying, no, you don t want to do that to the president. you don t beg for anything. that s the way it is. i m not sure the public would stand for it. house arrest i think it would be tough for the public to take. at a certain point there s a breaking point. before that phase of this unprecedented case arrives in july, trump and his gop allies are saying the appeals process should leapfrog to the supreme court. joining us nbc news correspondent dasha burns, new york trial and appellate lawyer mark souderror, and anna kaminsky. sentencing a few days before the rnc, what can we expect between now and then and what else are we hearing from donald trump in the wake of this verdict? you heard he did on truth
reactions to the possibility of jail time when he is sentenced in 38 days. in spite of numerous reports that privately he s very worried he could land behind bars, on tv he suggests it s the country that should be worried. the judge could decide to say, hey, house arrest or even jail. he could. i m okay with it. i saw one of my lawyers the other day on television say, no, you don t want to do that. you don t beg for anything. it s the way it is. so it could happen. i don t know that the public would stand it. i m not sure the public would stand for it. you re saying house arrest or i think it would be tough for the public to take. at a certain point there s a breaking point. those comments come as a new poll from abc news and ipsos shows half of americans think the guilty verdict on 34 counts of falsifying business records was correct. and in that same poll, 49% of americans say trump should end his campaign because of that
they could the judge could decide to say, hey, house arrest or even jail. how do you face i m okay with it. i saw one of my lawyers the other day on television saying, oh, no, you don t want to do that to the president. you don t beg for anything. it s just the way it is. pete: interesting, how candid he was and comfortable in the moment in a a way in which most americans, anybody, human beings facing the idea of arrest or house arrest facing the biggest campaign of your life, might be later bit more uneasy about it. but he seems content with what s happening and how to move forward. will: it is a pretty shocking answer, you know? if they put me in jail, they put me in jail. and he said he doesn t think the public will have the appetite for it. he does point to an inflection point in america. you see the weaponization of the doj. and, by the way, that is pretty much a bipartisan consensus at this point. only the far left seems to think this was an application of justice. you have