how it plays with swing voters. all right. well, thank you both very much and thanks to all of you for being with us for this special coverage on this historic day here in new york are breaking news. coverage continues now with ac30, 60 cnn breaking news donald trump is a convicted felon, 34 times over. and good evening from outside the courthouse in lower manhattan, where it all happened just about three hours course ago, there simply is no overstating what happened in the entire history of this country and of the american presidency, not one president or former president has ever been tried we re convicted of anything, let alone multiple felonies. today, a jury of 12 new yorkers supply that dubious distinction. this is their verdict sheet, guilty on all 34 counts a falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to an adult film star made right before the 2016 election convicted with the 2024 election faster approaching the 45th president of the united stat
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