donald trump could have conceded the affair and likely had it been any other defendant he would have conceded, and i think a fair is a polite word. it really is a one-time sexual encounter. jurors ultimately did not believe that didn t take place. daniels was clear in her testimony. and the problem the defense confronts in this situation is when lawyers have a client who will not face the facts of the case and let them craft a defense that takes into account the facts that are going to be established in court. trump s lawyers could have focused on whether or not he was aware of the repayment scheme after conceding that relationship existed and could have come off a lot more credibly in front of the jury, but because from step one they were forced to take positions the jury that frankly could not credit they ended up in a bad position at the end.
perspective on what stormy daniels is saying in that interview. another step. 50% of the general american population say they think the verdict was correct. 27% say it wasn t correct. asked whether he should end to his campaign because of the verdict 49% say he should. 37% say he should not be these numbers are similar to april 2023 after trump was indicted by a manhattan grand jury and overall the presidential race remains close within the margin of error. we have reporters and analysts in place ready to cover all of these new developments. we begin in new york. folks will recall a year ago the former president opened up that big lead in the gop primary after being indicted. his team hopes they can turn this verdict on its head too, but early polling is showing there may be a contingent of republican independent voters .
figures have suggested that might have been immediately more realistically if that were to happen, and i think it s unlikely in this case, but if it were to happen it would follow a full exhaustion of appeals through the state court system. trump s lawyer that we just play does not even think he is going to be sentenced. defense lawyers have a lot of optimistic things to say for their client after a conviction in virtually every case that i have ever tried, but the reality is when you have been convicted by a jury sentencing follows. all defendants have a right to appeal, and that is a very important part of our system where the appellate court test both the judges decisions about admitting evidence and also legal issues like whether the jury instructions were sound, so his lawyers certainly have a right to and should pursue those arguments on appeal. the judge was very careful with the rulings. they were not one-sided. he often studied them carefully before making them. we will see
this case on appeal. i do not think he is going to end up being subject to any symptoms whatsoever, and we look forward to getting this case into the next court and taken this again all the way to the u.s. supreme court if necessary. trump is now the first former american president to be convicted on criminal charges. questioned directly about a potential prison term in his first postverdict tv appearance. the judge could decide to say house arrest or even jail. i am okay with it. i saw one of my lawyers on television saying you do not want to do that. i said you do not beg for anything. it is the way it is. the actress at the heart of the criminal case against trump is breaking her silence in her first interview since the verdict telling the tabloids she wants to see him jailed or used as a punching bag at a women s shelter. he has lost touch with reality. you have to find the punishment that not just matches the crime and is fair and just bought thctth a particular person.
name. let s watch. with these people they were able to use people and nothing ever happened. there was nothing that happened , and they know it, but they were as salacious as they could be, and it had nothing to do with the case, but it had to do with politics. you notice the timing? it was perfect. many legal experts have said on this show that if trump admits to having extramarital affairs with streaming daniels and karen mcdougal his defense would have been a slam dunk. why didn t he just admit it, and why do you think he continues to deny this? i am not a psychologist. i do think we have a merchandising tip from that clip. maybe she should be selling t- shirts that say people salacious. because it is certainly an interesting way of characterizing her as a witness.