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while this defendant may be unlike any other in american history, we arrived at this trial and ultimately, today, at this verdict in the same manner as every other case that comes through the court room doors. by following the facts and the law, and doing so without fear or favor. many voices out there, the only voice that matters is the voice of the jury and the jury has spoken. manhattan district attorney alvin bragg speaking yesterday following the historic conviction of former president donald trump on all 34 counts in the criminal hush money trial. trump becomes the first former u.s. president in american history to be convicted of a crime. the verdict was read around 5:00 p.m. in a new york city courtroom after the 12 jurors deliberated for roughly 9.5 hours, two days. each of the 34 felony counts associated with a falsified business records pertaining to trump s reimbursement of his former attorney and fixer, michael cohen, for a hush money payment to adult f ....
The reason it is kim important to the campaign is to be the president of the united states, wisdom, character are important and if you weigh that against donald trump s life. his personal life, business and political life him everything he touches has turned to dirt. he is use the power of the presidency to hurt people and not help people. joe biden wakes up every day making sure we create jobs and we have low unemployment and were putting people back to work. thinking about restoring democracy to people. but democracy is on the ballot. the fact that donald trump and all of his acolytes without attack the rule of law but they are attacking the very foundation of what makes america great. if everyone wants to stop that you have to go to the polls. sign up at joe biden.com. work with us to save democracy and make america a better place for everybody. as you suggested, the former president and a number of republicans including the speaker of the house, members of the senate, have comp ....
Lawyer. the constitution of the united states says we are a nation of laws, not of men. it allows for trial by jury, which is one of the most sacrosanct things in a democracy and it calls for the peaceful transition of power and as a result of yesterday we now know that donald trump tried to stop the election from being held in a free and fair way and after it was held he tried to stop the peaceful transition of power. you can t have two more graber assault on democracy and democracy cannot have a greater defendant then joe biden. the choice is clear you can have someone that cares about himself and his billionaire friends and seeks retribution and hate and wants to destroy the country or pick someone that wakes up every day fighting for the american people and who will save democracy if the american people give them a chance? national cochair for president joe biden s re- election campaign taper joining us this morning. we have a lot more on the guilty verdict, 34 counts, for form ....
What happened yesterday to what would happen in a communist nation saying the american justice system failed here. let s get your reaction to that. and, or do you have concerns as to how the former president and these republicans may incite his supporters after what happened? well, i think we are at a delicate moment. joe biden has talked to the seven times. he s given his speech about how fragile democracy can be but yet how strong it can be a people show up and vote. there is a very strong and clear antidote to anything the speaker might be saying or the president, the ex-president might be saying, all of which are wrong, by the way big you have to go to the polls and vote. that s how you stop autocracies from happening. go to joe biden.com. that s the only way to keep them out of the oval office and there s nothing that will happen yesterday that will relieve the burden take the responsibility away from the american people. to be clear. speaker johnson is from louisiana and i know ....
well, i think it s a very sober moment for the country and a very sad moment for the country. for all the people in america to have a president or ex- president become a convicted felon. that s nothing for anybody to have a lot of joy about. but yesterday you sought democracy work. one of the fundamental tendons of democracy is that everybody in the united states is subject to the rule of law. you come before a judge and jury of your peers. facts and evidence are held and the verdict is rendered. that is what a nation that relies on laws and not of men is supposed to do. as a consequence of that trial, donald trump is now a convicted felon. but that does not change the fact that the only thing that can stop him from getting to the white house is the american people. they will be the final jury as it relates to who is president of the united states and the choice is clear. you can have a guy that is a convicted felon that s been found liable of defamation, sexual abuse and business ....