coming to you from msnbc world headquarters in new york city. welcome to alex witt reports . we begin with new fallout and w also the reaction to this historic verdict in donald trump s hush money trial. donald trump s attorney, acknowledging there is a chance the former president of the united states may be sentenced to jail time following his conviction on 34 felony counts. blanche telling the ap the defense will argue strenuously for a non-incarcerated tory sentence. and a short time ago new reaction from republican house speaker mike johnson s comments on saying trump s verdict will be overturned. here s what clark brewster, the attorney representing stormy daniels told me here on msnbc. the idea that they were some part of some conspiracy is nonsense and these 12 people that spent all the time in that courtroom, weeks listen to the evidence and according to the oath return a verdict is a true and honest verdict based upon the facts and evidence and i ct witnessed a cou
speak before his sentence and that is really where i think he could do tremendous damage to his chances of getting out of that room clean, so to speak. you know, i don t want to predict the future. i don t think anybody can but i think we can make a guess as to what sorts of things trump might say in that situation? there s there s a possibility merchan could be in the pension have in mind what he s going to do . donald trump could speak and he could change it? it s always possible. i think most judges go into a sentencing, especially because they are presentence reports with a strong idea of where they are going. but the reason you hold the hearing sadly i m a jets fan and there s a famous jet sentence that you play to win the games. the reason you hold the hearing is to determine the sentence and things can happen at that hearing that change the sentence. and with donald trump things can be unexpected. devlin barrett, thank you. david henderson, thank you. something has cha