donald trump s lawyer arranging $130,000 payment to a former adult film star. he reportedly did so in october, 2016. one month before the election. s story breaking news here in new york city. a grand jury has voted to indict former president trump. former commander-in-chief, now a criminal defendant. these are felony crimes in new york state, no matter who you are. we have officially begun the first criminal trial of a former president in the united states. i am not going to be getting a fair trial. it is a very sad thing. he seems old and tired and mad. the first witness in this criminal trial is now taking the stand. echo was right there beginning of trump s plan to keep his relationship with stormy daniels a secret. hope hicks on the stand. she just started crying. tissues came out. stormy daniels testified in vivid detail about their alleged sexual encounter. lawyers have argued she is lying. michael cullen was called to the witness stand to t
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
. you can impeach a president. if you can connect that crime does something in the office. but no, a convicted felon can run. impeach and convict, and removal is automatic upon conviction. john, how do you think the verdict went? it is almost impossible to tell. i think this will be ancient history by november. i think america has the collective attention span of the guy from momento, and it is something that happens in the month of may will be a distant memory of the month of october. the debate in june will have more of an impact in this ruling. i just don t know of any citizens whose minds will be changed by this. after he stole from veterans with the fraud online university and mocked a disabled guy, i don t know is who is going to say oh, i really don t like him. after six star wars movie i am willing to say darth vader is the bad guy. i think people s minds are made