I AM A VERY INNOCENT MAN, IT IS
OK I AM FIGHTING FOR OUR
COUNTRY, OUR CONSTITUTION.
THIS WAS DONE BY THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IN ORDER TO HURT
A POLITICAL OPPONENT, AND I
THINK IT IS JUST A DISGRACE, AND
WE WILL FIGHT UNTIL THE END, AND
WE WILL WIN BECAUSE OUR COUNTRY HAS GONE TO HELL.
WE DO NOT HAVE THE SAME COUNTRY
ANYMORE.
WE HAVE A DIVIDED MESS.
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
POURING INTO OUR COUNTRY RIGHT
NOW FROM PRISONS AND FROM MENTAL
INSTITUTIONS, AND THEY ARE
TAKING OVER OUR COUNTRY.
WE HAVE A COUNTRY THAT IS IN BIG
TROUBLE, BUT THIS WAS A RIGGED
DECISION RIGHT FROM DAY ONE WITH
THE COMPLECTED JUDGE WHO SHOULD
HAVE NEVER BEEN ALLOWED TO TRY THIS CASE EVER, THIS IS LONG FR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
>> GOOD EVENING.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO
THANK THE JURY FOR IN-SERVICE.
JURORS PERFORM A FUNDAMENTAL
CIVIC DUTY.
■■PTHEIR SERVICE IS LITERALLY TE
CORNERSTONE OF OUR JUDICIAL
SYSTEM.
THANKFUL FOR THE CAREFUL ATTENTION THAT THIS
JURY P THE EVIDENCE AND
THE LAW AND THEIR TIME AND
COMMITMENT OVER THESE LAST
SEVERAL WEEKS.
12 EVERYDAY NEW YORKERS, AND OF
COURSE ALTERNATES HEARD
TESTIMONY FROM 22 WITNESSES,
INCLUDING FORMER AND CURRENT
EMPLOYEES OF THE DEFENDANT,
MEDIA EXECUTIVES, BOOK
PUBLISHERS, CUSTODIANS OF
RECORDS, AND OTHERS.
THEY)X REVIEWED CALL LOGS, TEXT
MESSAGES, AND EMAILS.
THEY HEARD RECORDINGS.
THEY SAW CHECKS AND INVOICES,
BANK STATEMENTS AND CALENDAR
7GAPPOINTMENTS.
THIS TYPE OF WHITE COLOR
PROSECUTION IS CORE TO WHAT WE
DO AT THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
IN THE 1930'S DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
STEWING -- ATTORNEY THOMAS DEWEY
USHERED IN THE MODERN OFFICE.
A MAJOR PART OF OUR PRACTICE
DURING THE NEARLY 90 YEARS HAS
BEEN PUBLIC INTEGRITY W INVOLVIG
JURISTS, LOCAL AND STATE
ELECTIVES, PUBLEROTHERS.
I WANT TO THANK THIS PHENOMENAL
PROSECUTION TEAM, EMBODYING 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 TO BASED ON THE
EVIDENCE AND THE LAW, AND THE
EVIDENCE AND THE LAW ALONE.
THEIR DELIBERATIONS LEAD THEM TO
A UNANIMOUS CONCLUSION BEYOND A
REASONABLE DOUBT THAT THE
DEFENDANT, DONALD J TRUMP, IS
GUILTY OF 34 COUNTS A FULL
BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST
DEGREE TO CONCEAL A SCHEME TO
CORRUPT THE 2016 ELECTION.
AND 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.
I WANT TO CONCLUDE BY EXPRESSING
DEEP LATITUDE TO THE NYPD AND
THE OFFICERS OF THE OFFICE OF
COURT ADMINISTRATION FOR
SECURING THE COURTHOUSE, ALL OF
OUR SAFETY, MAKING SURE THE
COURTHOUSE AND ALL OF THE OTHER
MATTERS THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN
THEIR OWN RIGHT CONTINUED
SEAMLESSLY.
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE AND
ALWAYS HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE
PARTNERSK YOU.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE]■
DO YOU PLAN TO REQUEST A PRISON
SENTENCE?
[INDISCERNIBLE]
>> THE JUDGE HAS TO SCHEDULING
FOR JULY 11.
WE WILL SPEAK IN COURT AND
BEDTIME.
HE ALSO SAID EMOTION SCHEDULE.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
>> I DO NOT.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
I DID MY JOB.
OUR JOB IS TO FOLLOW THE FACTS
IN THE LAW WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR
, AND THAT IS WHAT WE DID HERE.
WHAT I FEEL IS GRATITUDE TO WORK
ALONGSIDE PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO DO
THAT EACH OF THE DATE IN MATTERS
THAT YOU WILL WRITE ABOUT AND
I DID MY JOB.D, AND IN LOTS OF
WE DID OUR JOB.
MANY VOICES OUT THERE.
THE ONLY VOICE THAT MATTERS IS
THE VOICE OF THE JURY, AND THE
JURY HAS SPOKEN.
>> MOST PEOPLE SAID THE
PROSECUTION WAS LAWLESS.
HOW DO YOU FEEL?
>> MR. STEIN GLASS, SOME OF YOU
PROBABLY SAW THEM AND SPEAK FOR A LITTLE BUT THE OTHER DAY, SO
HE HAS DONE HIS JOB AS HAS THIS
TEAM.
I WOULD JUST SAY ENORMOUS
GRATITUDE.
I TALK ABOUT THE JURORS AT THE
BEGINNING OF MY REMARKS.
WE HAVE A PHENOMENAL SYSTEM.
12 EVERYDAY NEW YORKERS.
THEY LISTEN TO THE JUDGE'S
DIRECTION. THEY WERE CAREFUL AND ATTENTIVE,
SO I FEEL DEEP GRATITUDE TO WORK
ALONGSIDE THEM, TO BE A PART OF
THE SYSTEM, AND I JUST WANT TO
ECHO THAT THIS IS WHAT WE ARE
DOING EVERY SINGLE DAY.
DURING THIS TRIAL, JUST THIS
WEEK, AN INDICTMENT, WAGE THEFT,
PLEA RESOLUTION, SEX CRIMES,
CONVICTIONS, ALL SORTS OF WORK
BEING DONE BY PHENOMENAL PUBLIC
SERVANTS, SO WE ARE REPORTING
TODAY ON THIS CONSEQUENTIAL
MATTER, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE DO
EVERY DAY.
WE FOLLOWED THE FACTS ON THE LAW
WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR. >> IF A JAIL SENTENCE IS IN THE
CARDS, IS IT [INDISCERNIBLE]
WOULD YOUR OFFICE OBJECT TO
STAYING THE SENTENCE?
>> I AM GOING TO LET OUR WORDS
AND CORDS TO THEMSELVES WHEN WE
GET TO THE SENTENCING MATTER.
I WILL NOT ADDRESS HYPOTHETICALS.
THEY RAISE ARGUMENTS.
WE WILL RESPOND.
THIS IS AN ACTIVE, ONGOING
MATTER.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO ARE
SPEAKING ABOUT THIS MATTER ABOUT
ISSUES LIKE THAT IN COURT.
>> FROM DAY ONE THE VIABILITY OF
THIS CASE HAS BEEN QUESTIONE■dD.
CAN YOU RESPOND TO ANY OF THAT,
AS YOU FEEL NOW THAT YOU HAVE
GOTTEN THE CONVICTION? >> MY RESPONSE AGAIN IS THAT I
DID MY JOB, AND I THINK
PARTICULARLY I TALK ABOUT THE
HISTORY OF THE OFFICE.
I STARTED AS A PROSECUTOR IN
2003 IN THE PUBLIC INTEGRITY
UNIT.
I SERVED ALSO ON THE LOOK
INTEGRITY UNIT IN THE SOUTHERN
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.
THESE ARE CASES I'VE DONE
PERSONALLY AND IT IS A HALLMARK
OF THIS OFFICE I AM PROUD TO
LEAD.
AND I DO NOT WANT TO GO INTO THE
WHOLE BODY OF LITIGATION, BUT WE
NOW HAVE A FEDERAL COURT
DECISION RULING ON THE LEGAL
THEORIES.
WE HAVE ESTATE OR DECISION ON
THE OMNIBUS MOTIONS, BUT MOST
IMPORTANTLY TO DATE WE HAVE THE
MOST IMPORTANT VOICE OF ALL, AND
THAT IS THE VOICE OF THE JURORS.
DONALD J. TRUMP IS BEEN
CONVICTED OF 34 COUNTS OF
FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS. >> YOU HAVE ALSO BEEN
INVESTIGATING THIS
[INDISCERNIBLE]
>> ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT
RETRIBUTION?
>> YOU WENT TO THE SUPREME COURT
TWICE.
ANY COMMENT ON THAT?
ANNOUNCER: FRIDAY FORMER
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HOLDS A PRESS CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK
AFTER BEING FOUND GUILTY ON ALL
34 FELONY CHARGES FOR FALSIFYING
DISTANCE RECORDS IN RELATIONMENN
THE LEAD UP TO THE 2016
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
WE WILL HAVE LIVE COVERAGE AT
11:30 EASTERN ON C-SPAN, C-SPAN
C-SPAN.ORG. ANNOUNCER: FRIDAY NIGHT WATCH
CAMPAIGN 20 TO 44 -- 2024
CAMPAIGN TRAIL PROVIDING A
ONE-STOP SHOP TO DISCOVER WHAT
THE CANDIDATES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY ARE SAYING TO VOTERS
ALONG WITH FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS FROM POLITICAL ORDERS, UPDATED
PHONE NUMBERS, FUNDRAISING DATA,
AND CAMPAIGN ADS.
WATCH 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL FRIDAY
NIGHTS AT 7:30 P.M. EASTERN ON
C-SPAN.ORG, OR DOWNLOAD AS A PODCAST ON C-SPAN
NOW OR WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR
PODCASTS.
C-SPAN, YOUR UNFILTERED VIEW OF
POLITICS.
♪
>> TODAY AN UNPRECEDENTED ARMADA
LANDED ON THE SHORES OF NORMANDY. >> THESE ARE THE BOYS.
THESE WHO TOOK THE
CLIFFS.
THESE ARE THE CHAMPIONS TO HELP
FREE A CONTINENT, AND THESE ARE
THE HEROES WHO HELPED END A WAR.
>> 2 MILLION SUNS FROM 15
COUNTRIES FELL INTO A
BLOODSOAKED SURF AND MET DEATH
ON EVEN PLAIN. >> THEY IMPROVISED AMOUNT OF
THEIR OWN ATTACKS, AND AT THAT
EXT MOMENT ON THESE BEACHES
THE FORCES OFURN THE
TIDE OF THE 20TH CENTURY.
THE DAY WAS HARD AND LONG AND
TROUBLED BY WEARY AND VALIANT
MEN.
AND HISTORY WILL ALWAYS RECORD
OR THAT ROAD BEGAN.
IT BEGAN HERE WITH THE FIRST
FOOTPRINTS ON THE BEACHES OF
NORMANDY. >> MORE THAN 150,000 SOULS SET
OFF TOWARD THIS TINY SLIVER OF
SAND UPON WHICH HUNG THE FATE OF
THE WAR, RATHER THE COURSE OF
HUMAN HISTORY.
>> TODAY WE REMEMBER THOSE WHO
FELL AND WE HONOR ALL WHO FOUGHT
RIGHT HERE IN NORMANDY.
ANNOUNCER: WATCHES C-SPAN'S LIVE
ALL DAY COVERAGE OF THE 80TH
ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY THURSDAY,
JUNE 6. PRESIDENT
♪
>> C-SPAN IS YOUR UNFILTERED
VIEW OF GOVERNMENT FUNDED BY
THESE COMPANIES INCLUDING
COMCAST. >>■[ YOU THINK THIS IS JUST A
COMMUNITY CENTER?
NO, IT IS WAY MORE THAN THAT.
>> COMCAST IS CREATING WI-FI
ENABLED LISTINGS SO STUDENTS CAN
BE READY FOR ANYTHING.
COMCAST REPORTS C-SPAN ALONG
WITH THESE TELEVISION PROVIDERS,
GIVING YOU A FRONT ROW SEAT TO
DEMOCRACY. >> UP NEXT, A CONVERSATION ON
LOW AND DEMOCRACY BY THE LBJ
FOUNDATION.
IN THIS PORTION, JOURNALISTS
DISCUSSED THE IMPORTANCE OF
LOCAL NEWS, THE IMPACT ON
DEMOCRACY AND CHALLENGES BASING
LOCAL NEWS, PUBLIC TRUST IN
JOURNALISM AND HOW