the president of the united states breaks his silence on the historic guilty verdict against his predecessor. good evening. i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us. president biden said no one is above the law, a day after former president trump was convicted on state charges in new york. 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up his relationship with an adult film star. it s a sharp contrast with donald trump s angry and rambling, off-the-cuff remarks today, where he called the system rigged, the trial a scam, and the judge a devil. well, tonight, trump is leaving new york for his country club in bedminster, new jersey, but the fallout from the monumental verdict in a manhattan courtroom is just starting to be felt. cbs s chief election and campaign correspondent robert costa shows us how both the president and the former president are reacting. it s reckless. it s dangerous. and it s irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged just because
let s start with a look at what s making the news this morning. the mail on sunday splashes on calls to cut taxes to save the toriees. the observer claims sunak s in trouble over promises to towns. starmer s told the sun on sunday read my lips i ll cut migration, more later. and stormy daniels, the witness in the donald trump trial, tells the mirror, lock him up. i ve talked to one his laywers, more later on. it has been a busy week. i am going to come to you first, shami, or viewers will remember, you are somebody who is close to diane abbott, and she has been at the centre of a storm this week, it is still not 100% sure that she is going to stand as an mp, although labour is assuming that she will now, do you think that she will stand again?! now, do you think that she will stand again? now, do you think that she will stand again? i hope that she will now, stand again? i hope that she will now. after stand again? i hope that she will now, after this stand again? i hope that
Politico, like The New York Times an outlet harshly critical of Trump both as president and candidate, wrote: Some wondered why Bragg revived a case he had appeared to leave for dead just months ago. Others questioned the specifics like how Bragg was able to elevate the 'falsification of business records' charges against Trump into felonies, a move that requires evidence that Trump attempted to conceal a second crime. Still, others focused on the delay in bringing charges six years after the core underlying conduct and anticipated that Trump would seek to toss the case for exceeding the statute of limitations, despite the assessment of some legal experts that the case is not time-barred. Bragg left those questions largely unanswered in Tuesday's filings and public comments.
Politico, like The New York Times an outlet harshly critical of Trump both as president and candidate, wrote: Some wondered why Bragg revived a case he had appeared to leave for dead just months ago. Others questioned the specifics like how Bragg was able to elevate the 'falsification of business records' charges against Trump into felonies, a move that requires evidence that Trump attempted to conceal a second crime. Still, others focused on the delay in bringing charges six years after the core underlying conduct and anticipated that Trump would seek to toss the case for exceeding the statute of limitations, despite the assessment of some legal experts that the case is not time-barred. Bragg left those questions largely unanswered in Tuesday's filings and public comments.