persecution, is he over alleged hush money payments. former president is expected to be arraigned next tuesday, rehave his mug shot and fingerprints taken, he will not be handcuffed. when you stretch the law against someone you like or political opponent in this case, it s very hard to ever get that law to come back to its original shape. today s proof you can actually pick a target and then try and find a crime, even a crime that s not a crime because there is no crime here. i m telling you there is know crime. i know the facts, i know the law and i really want to see where this is going to go. alvin bragg is facing major backlash for bringing this case in the first place, untested legal theory to bring state charges in a federal case involving alleged campaign finance violations. and say they are ready to hold the ag accountable. they are trying to destroy donald trump because they fear him at the ballot box. they are trying to drain him dry. i think the democrats k
thank you for watching, on that note i wish you all a very good and a very safe night from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. see you at the end of your monday. hello, covering this first conviction of a former president in american history. thursday may 30th, 2024 is now etched in all of our collective experiences. the day a jury found donald trump guilty. the day a man who spent his life outrunning lawsuits from fellow citizens, civil cases from government officials, regulatory probes, federal probes, congressional inquiries, a record breaking two impeachments in one presidential term, a historic rico charge and two federal, in all of those cases over many years that included all kinds of evidence of wrong doing, found that he could not outrun a jury of his peers. after two days and more than nine hours of deliberation, they unanimously found him guilty. on all counts as you know by now. a former president convicted of felon
that will do it for me on this addition of alex witt reports, who is enjoying some well- deserved time off . thank you for watching. we will see you again tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. eastern. next, the beat: weekend peer hello, i m ari melber covering the first conviction of a former president in american history. thursday, may 30, 2024 , is now etched in all of our collective experiences. the day a jury found donald trump guilty. the date a man who spent his life outrunning lawsuits from fellow citizens, civil cases from government officials, regulatory probes, federal probes, congressional inquiries, a record-breaking two impeachments and one presidential term, historic rico charge in an unprecedented two federal indictments, the defendant outran or punted accountability and all of those cases over many years which involved all kinds of evidence of wrongdoing found he could not outrun a jury of his peers. after two days and nine hours of deliberation as they unanimously found h
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