left the courthouse back to trump tower, arriving there, that s what you re looking at on the screen supporters read it him there cheering others were there, channing, quote lock him up obviously, an echo of what he had said about hillary clinton just moments ago, the new york district attorney speaking out for the first time celebrating his victory but most importantly today, we have the most important voice of all. and as the voice of the jurors they have spoken donald j. trump has been convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records. thank you. said from now on, we re going to hear from them in court documents as a sentencing is coming next. meanwhile, and angry trump rattled off the long list of complaints about this process here he is this was a rigged trial by unconflicted judge who was corrupt so rig trial and disgrace it wouldn t give us a venue change. we were at 5% or 6% and this district in this area, this was a rigged, disgraceful trial. you have a sou
trump will see it? oh, he s going to keep the convention and he s going to use it as rocket fueled energizes base, but don t know how it plays with swing voters. all right. well, thank you both very much. thanks for joining us. the news continues right here. on cnn it s friday, may 31, right now on cnn this morning he didn t do a thing wrong. i m a. very innocent man guilty on all 34 counts, donald trump calling his hush money trial rigged, and assisting you only verdict he cares about is the one that s handed down on november 5th i did my job manhattan da alvin bragg speaking out and praising the jury after that the historic conviction as soon as we can appeal, we will and donald trump s lawyer vowing to fight the verdicts and the possibility of jail time. for the former president right fiber him. your in washington alive. look at new york city where donald trump is waking up. it convicted felon this morning. good morning, everyone. i m kasie hunt wonderful to have y
as far as the services concerned, they re the hardest part for them will be in preparation because obviously they ve never john anything like this before but if he s given some sort of confinement sentence, whether that s home confinement or into some sort of an institution once he s there and they have that setup, it ll be pretty easy for them because of being in a controlled space in terms of the hits security though, i mean, secret service in the courtroom. he had like two secret service agents with him. it was court officers right. in a prison setting, i guess he would i mean, it would be the prison officers, but also a few secret service or i find it almost impossible to believe that he ll ever be in a traditional prison sentence or a traditional prison environment. he may be sentenced some sort of a state controlled facility that doesn t have other prisoners in it. no matter where he ends up. if it s in a state facility, there ll be some combination of prison offi
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
reflects the competency of the lawyers who who presented in court cyrus fans junior. thank you so much. appreciate it. wolf, let s get back to you soon. thank you very much. and dana, a lot of folks were bracing were bracing for a decision. but but this came very, very quickly. it came very quickly, and i have to say that as we kick it back to erin burnett, that this is a moment where we are all still digesting the implications and the impact and we re not going to know the real impact for a long time. it s gonna be a while. we ll see what happens on july 11th as well. truly historic moment for the nation today, the conviction a former president and presumptive republican presidential nominee, donald j. trump, stay with cnn for much bore on this major breaking story. erin burnett picks up our coverage right now these cnn s breaking news. i m good evening. i m erin burnett outfront and night breaking news. donald trump convicted the former president of phelan, a ju