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
you need to be punished for them. they don t see any leniency in the fact that cohen trying to depict himself as someone who is trying to save the republic. no, the southern district is concerned he s a prosecutor. he s concerned about the crimes he committed in manhattan. ken dilanian has joined us. let me read to you from page 22. a substantial term of imprisonment is warranted but cohen was asking for was no prison term. it does not look like the southern district of new york agreed with michael cohen. they write in this document, as set forth herein, conversation of the factors set forth in u.s. code 183553 weighs heavily in favor of a substantial term of imprisonment, in particular the nature and seriousness of the offenses in the need to promote respect for the law and afford adequate deterrence are especially weighty considerations. that seems really different, ken dilanian, from the language in the mike flynn sentencing document which kind of had it on the one hand on the o