■f ancient russian. he looks at eastern orthodoxy as the basis of statehood and commonality and he -- for some reason, maybe it is a myth ol apologized history and it stops -- mythologized history and it stopped a long time ago. something that bears looking at. >> to add very quickly. i think it is a good parallel symbolically. we have ukrainian, greek orthodox, the jewish, the very plurality that doesn't allow the monopolization of power could be something to speak about. i'm not an expert, it is

interesting to think about how religion was a site of resistance in the space for various members of the church, d fostering that space. perhaps there is something there as well but probably not. >> great question. thank you. you have to understand my colleagues have mentioned it, ukraine is very multicultural and has many ethnic groups from those in crimea to ukrainian catholics in the west to orthodox in the >> we are leaving this year to

go to new york for remarks from district attorney alvin bragg. >> good evening. first and foremost, i want to thank the jury for its service. jurors performed a phenomenal civic duty. their service is literally the cornerstone of our judicial system. we should all be thankful for the careful attention that this jury paid to the evidence and the law and the time and their commitment over the past several weeks. 12 everyday new yorkers and

alternates heard testimony from 22, including current and former employees of the defendant, media executives, but publishers -- book publishers, custodians of records, and others. they reviewed call logs, text messages, andthey heard recordi. they saw checks and invoices, bank statements and counter apthis type of white-collar prosecution is core to what do t attorney's office. in the 1930's, the district attorney ushered in the era of the modern independent professional prosecutor. for now nearly 90 years, dedicated professionals in this office have built upon that fine tradition. a major part of our practice during that nearly 90 years has

been public integrity work, including cases involving local and state elected's, public servants, and others. i want to thank this phenomenal prosecution team, the finest traditions of this office , professionalism, integrity, dedication, and service. they are model public servants, and i am proud and humbled to serve side-by-side with them. the 12 everyday jurors vowed to make a decision based on the evidence and the law and the evidence and the law alone. their deliberations led them to a unanimous conclusion beyond a reasonable doubt that the

defendant, donald j. trump, is guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in degree, to conceal a scheme to corrupt the 2016 election. while this defendant may be unlike any other in american history, we arrived at this trial and ultimatat this verdict in the same manner as any other case that comes through the courtroom doors, by following the facts and the law and doing so without fear or favor. i want to conclude by expressing deep gratitude to the nypd and the officers of the office of court administration to seek -- for securing the courthouse, making sure all of the other maers continued seamlessly.

they will continue to be and have always been incredible partners. thank you. reporter: do you plan to request -- [inaudible] >> the judge scheduled a sentencing for july 11. we will speak in court in that time. we will speak in our court reporter: [inaudible] do you have a response? mr. bragg: i do not. reporter: [inaudible]

how do you think of all that -- [inaudible] mr. bragg: i did my job. our job is to follow the facts and the law without fear of favor, and that is what we did here. i feelrk alongside phenomenal public servants to do that every day. in matters that you write about and lots of matters that you do not. i did my job, we did our job. many voices out there. the only voice that matters is the voice of the jury, and the jury has spoken. sv>> many people have said the prosecution is flawless. just wondering how you feel at this moment. how do you feel? mr. bragg:

mr. stein glass, i think some of you probablyaw him speak for a little bit the other day. [laughter] job, as has this team. i will just say enough is gratitude to our system. i talked about the jurors at the beginning of my remarks. we have a phenomenal system. 12 everyday new yorkers listened to the judge's directions. they were careful and attentive. so i feel deep gratitude to work alongside them, to be a part of the system. i just want to echo this is what we are doing every day. during this trial, just this week, ghost gun indictments, the maldives wage theft, plea,

resolution. sex crimes,onvictions. all sorts of work that is being done i phenomenal public service. we are before you today on this obviously consequential matter, but this is what we do every day. we follow the facts and the law without fear or favor. reporter: is a jail sentence on the cards? if that were the scenario -- [inaudible] mr. bragg: i am going to let our words in court speak for themselves when we get to the sentencing matter. i am not going to address hypotheticals. i think your question underscores an important point. this is an ongoing matter. we have other phases of this. we will continue to speak about this matter, about issues like that in court. reporter: from day one, the

viability of this case has been questioned from all sorts of media outlets, including from the defendants themselves. can you respond to that and how do you feel now that you have my response is i did my job. i think particularly i talked about my personal history. i started in a prosecutor in 2003 in public integrity unit of the new york state attorney general's office. i served also in the southern district of new york. these are cases and it is a halk of this office that i am proud to lead. i don't want to go into the whole body of litigation, but we now have a federal court decision, ruling on the legal theories. we had a state court decision on the omnibus motions. but most importa,