don t know. i mean, it s a good question. i think understanding why a jury reaches a verdict is something that every single trial lawyer in the country would love to be able to answer honestly look, a lot goes into a jury verdict that doesn t even include what happened at the trial. the decisions that are made before the trial, the decisions that the court makes, and that the parties decide about witnesses a call, what evidence to put in i think that at the end of the day it remains true that if the word of michael cohen was not accepted at all, then you could not have convicted president trump. and the jury convicted. so at the end of the day they they looked past what we thought were were fatal flaws and mr. cohen s story and his past and they ve reached a guilty verdict right. but it wasn t just the word of michael cohen. i mean, there was other evidence in this case, the documents they wanted to rehear, david pecker s testimony. i mean, they took all of that into consid
45th president of the united states, as a convicted felon, and donald trump s lead attorney, todd blanche well, join me live. i m kaitlin collins, and this is the source it s one of those where were you kind of moments in american history when the verdict came down on donald trump today. gil we ll t guilty, guilty reverberating 34 times over as the former president s that stone-faced and that new york courtroom about are how you feel about this case or about donald trump, the man. it s an extraordinary stain on the office of the presidency and on donald trump s already tarnished legacy he ll be back in that very same courtroom for sentencing in this case on july 11. that happens just days before he takes the stage for the republican national convention accepting his party s nomination for president but this time as a convicted felon, we saw donald trump earlier raising his fist and defiance it s to the crowd that had gathered outside trump tower like this evening. i
the source. tonight, new details on a critical interview for donald trump with a probation officer ahead of it? the sentencing here in new york, plus bree bianna a tickets free luxury trips, and several six-figure book deals. i supreme court that was already under scrutiny. let me is now under even more tonight and a game show giant signing off after four decades had say jack is taking his final spin tonight on real the fortune. another tv tightened tom bergeron is here to talk about it. i m kaitlin collins, and this is the source donald trump often claims loudly and repeatedly that the entire legal system dome is rigged against him. but he s not to have one privilege that not all convicted felons actually get tonight. the judge who is overseeing his hush money case, justice juan merchan, says he will allow trump s lead attorney, todd blanche, to attend an interview before trump is sentenced here in new york on july 11, typically, the defendant would meet one-on-one wit
Him under control and keep them on the right track? yeah. i understand. awesome. well point. but because the attorney is todd blanche and we actually had him on the show after the verdict came down last thursday, and i asked him what kind of sentence does he expect alvin? bragg to seek here i want you to listen to what todd blanche told me district attorney bragg tonight. did not directly say whether or not they are going to seek jail time for donald trump. do you expect that he will? i have no idea. look, there s a system in place that were you rely on precedent and somebody like president trump should never never face a jail sentence based on this conduct. and it would just kind of confirm what we ve been saying all along on a lot of people say that we re wrong and that we re we re missing we re missing key pieces. but if, if, if other 77-year-old, first-time offenders would never be sent to prison for this conduct.
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