the criminal trial of former president donald trump. i m rachel maddow. i m here with my colleagues stephanie ruhle and jen psaki and alex wagner and chris hayes. in a courtroom in downtown manhattan just after 5:00 eastern time this evening the foreperson of the jury rose and delivered the jury s unanimous verdict, donald trump guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in order to conceal a scheme to corrupt the 2016 election. it s a scheme that was described by the prosecution in their summation as something that may very well have been the reason that donald trump won the 2016 election. as of tonight it is officially a criminal scheme. he has been convicted on 34 counts. with those convictions we enter uncharted territory as a country. for the first time a president has been criminally convicted, and for the first time one of our two main political parties is about to nominate that same man for president after he has been convicted of 34 felonies. that is wher
store you are watching our live continuing special coverage of today s unanimous guilty on all counts verdict. in the criminal trial of former president donald trump. i am rachel maddow, i m here with my colleague, stephanie ruhle and jen psaki and alex wagner and chris hayes, in a courtroom in downtown manhattan, just after 5:00 eastern time this evening, a foreperson of the journey rose and delivered the jury unanimous , guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in order to conceal the scheme to correct the 2016 election. the scheme that was described by the prosecution in their summation as something that may very well have been the reason that donald trump won the 2016 election. as of tonight, it is official a criminal scheme, he has been convicted on 34 counts. with those convictions, we enter uncharted territory as a country, for the first time, a president has criminally convicted and for the first time for one of our two main political parties is about to
Judged as the person who is supposed to control the president s tweets. he was very much that s not my job. my job to staff the president and get orderly information flow to him so he can make good decisions. i think defining your own terms of success are fine in lines of work, but not when the commander in chief is tweeting about nuclear war. i want to read you something that my former colleague wrote tonight. it s title is republicans, it s time to panic. and he writes that the problem has always been trump s fundamental unfitness for high officement it is not trump s indiscipline and lack of leadership which make carrying a legislative forward nearly impossible. it is not his vulgarity and smallness which have been the equivalent of spray painting graffiti on the washington monument. it is not his nearly complete ignorance of policy and history which condemns him to live in the eternal present of his own immediate desires. no. corker has given public permits to races the most seri
The commander in chief is tweeting about nuclear war. mike gerson wrote something tonight, the title is republicans, it s time to panic. he writes, the problem has always been trump s fundamental unfitness for high office. it is not his vulgarity and smallness. it is not his nearly complete ignorance of policy and history which condemns him to live in the eternal present of his own immediate desires. no. corker has given public permission to raise the most serious questions. is trump psychologically and morally equipped to be president and could his unfitness cause permanent damage to the country. isn t this the conversation that the president is desperate for us not to be having right now? it s one of them, yes, i mean, it is. and yet, even though bob corker went out and said that, very few
Whatever has him riled up at that moment. and that s just something kelly cannot control and he admits he can t control it. and i don t think anybody in that white house would ever be able to control it with this president. you look like you want to jump in. well, he also kind of set the phone for how he wants to be judged in the job. he clearly doesn t want to be judged as the person who is supposed to control the president s tweets. he was very much that s not my job. my job to staff the president and get orderly information flow to him so he can make good decisions. i think defining your own terms of success are fine in lines of work, but not when the commander in chief is tweeting about nuclear war. i want to read you something that my former colleague wrote tonight. it s title is republicans, it s time to panic. and he writes that the problem has always been trump s fundamental unfitness for high officement it is not trump s indiscipline and lack of leadership which make car