DENT AGAIN BECAUSE THIS IS A STATE CRIME.
ONCE AGAIN, THE BREAKING NEWS
FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY BY A JURY
OF 12 UNANIMOUS.
ALL 34 COUNTS OF FALSIFYING
BUSINESS RECORDS.
OUR COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE ON CBS NEWS, 24/7 LOCAL NEWS AND
TONIGHT WE WILL HAVE A FULL WRAP
UP ON THE CBS EVENING NEWS.
THANK YOU EVERYONE TO JOIN JOINED
US. THIS HAS BEEN A "CBS NEWS"
BREAKING NEWS AT 3:00. A JURY
FINDS FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP TRUMP GUILTY ON ALL
COUNTS IN THE HUSH MONEY TRIAL.
GOOD AFTERNOON THAT HISTORIC
VERDICT CAME FROM A MANHATTAN
JURY. JUST A SHORT TIME AGO
CBS NEWS REPORTER MICHAEL
GEORGE HAS ALL THE DETAILS FROM
NEW YORK.
>>DONALD TRUMP IS NOW THE 1ST
FORMER PRESIDENT TO BE
CONVICTED OF A CRIME.
>>WAS A RIGGED DISGRACEFUL. THE
REAL VERDICT IS GOING TO BE
OVER. 5TH BY THE PEOPLE.
>>TRUMP WAS CHARGED WITH
FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN
CONNECTION WITH MONEY. HIS
FORMER FIXER MICHAEL COHEN
PAID TO ADULT FILM STAR STORMY
DANIELS AHEAD OF THE 2016
ELECTION TO KEEP HER QUIET
ABOUT AN ALLEGED SEXUAL
ENCOUNTER. PROSECUTORS ARGUED
THAT TRUMP REIMBURSED COHEN BUT
DISGUISED THE PAYMENTS AS LEGAL
EXPENSES. AMOUNTING TO A
CRIMINAL SCHEME TO CORRUPT THE
ELECTION.
>>FOR DONALD TRUMP TODAY
>>AS THE PROSECUTION'S STAR
WITNESS, COHEN TESTIFIED. TRUMP
PERSONALLY APPROVED THE PLAN TO
DISGUISE THE PAYMENTS. COHEN
WHO IS A CONVICTED FELON FACED
INTENSE GRILLING BY THE DEFENSE
WHO ATTACKED HIS CREDIBILITY
AND HIS MOTIVES. JURORS ALSO
GOT TO HEAR FROM STORMY
DANIELS, WHO OFFERED GRAPHIC
DETAILS ABOUT HER 2006.
ENCOUNTER WITH TRUMP WHICH HE
DENIES. THE JURY WAS COMPRISED
OF 7 MEN AND 5 WOMEN AND
INCLUDED 2 LAWYERS AS WELL AS A
TEACHER AND A SPEECH THERAPIST.
TRUMP MAINTAINS THIS TRIAL.
LIKE HIS OTHER CRIMINAL
INDICTMENTS. ARE ALL
POLITICALLY POLITICALLY MOTIVATED AND THAT HE HAS DONE
NOTHING WRONG.
>>IT WAS TAKE A LIVE LOOK FROM
OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE IN
MANHATTAN. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE
HIGHWAY THAT THE MOTORCADE
THERE AS YOU CAN SEE MR TRUMP
IS IN 1 OF THOSE BLACK SUVS
THAT JUST LEFT THE COURTHOUSE
ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO AND
HERE'S TO TAKE ANOTHER LIVE.
LOOK FROM OUTSIDE THE
COURTHOUSE RIGHT NOW. YOU SEE A
VERY LARGE POLICE PRESENCE, LOT
OF REPORTERS ARE SURROUNDING
THE AREA AS WELL. HERE'S WHAT
THE FORMER PRESIDENT SAID.
THERE'S FULL REMARKS AFTER THE
VERDICTS WERE READ. TAKE A
LOOK. THIS WAS A DISGRACE. YES.
WAS A RIGGED TRIAL BY
CONFLICTED JUDGE WHO WAS
CORRUPT. IT'S A RIGGED TRIAL AT
THIS GRACE. THEY WOULDN'T GIVE
US A VENUE CHANGE. WE WERE
FIVE. OR 6 IN THIS DISTRICT IN
THIS AREA. YES. THIS WAS A
RIGGED DESTROY. TRAIL. THE REAL
VERDICT IS GOING TO BE NOVEMBER
5TH BY THE PEOPLE. AND THEY
KNOW WHAT HAPPENED HERE, AND
EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED
HERE. YOU HAVE A SO RESPECT?
THE A AND THE WHOLE THING. WE
DIDN'T DO A THING WRONG. VERY
INNOCENT MAN. THAT IT'S OK. I'M
FIGHTING FOR OUR COUNTRY AND
FIGHTING FOR OUR CONSTITUTION.
OUR COUNTRY HAS BIG RIG RIGHT
NOW. THIS WAS DONE BY THE
ADMINISTRATION. YOU KNOW? ORDER
TO WOULD HURT OPPONENTS
POLITICAL OPPONENT. YEAH. IT'S
JUST A DISGRACE. KEEP FIGHTING
THE FIGHT TILL THE END IT WILL
WIN BECAUSE OUR COUNTRY HAS
GONE TO .... WE DON'T HAVE THE
SAME COUNTRY ANYMORE. WE HAVE A
DIVIDED MESS. WE'RE NATION AND
DECLINED SERIOUS TO MILLIONS
AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE POURING
INTO OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
FROM PRISON. AND FROM MENTAL
INSTITUTION. TERRORISTS. AND
THEY'RE TAKING OVER OUR
COUNTRY. WE HAVE A COUNTRY
THAT'S A BIG TROUBLE. BUT THIS
WAS A RIGGED DECISION, RIGHT
FROM DAY 1. WITH A CONFLICTED
JUDGES SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN
ALLOWED TO TRY THIS CASE. NEVER
AND WE WILL FIGHT FOR OUR
CONSTITUTION. THIS IS LONG FROM
OVER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP THEY'RE
CALLING THE TRIAL RIGGED AND A
DISGRACE. HERE'S ANOTHER LOOK
FROM THE FREEWAY JUST NEAR THE
COURTHOUSE WHERE THAT IS THE
MOTORCADE WHERE FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS IN RIGHT NOW
HE'S IN 1 OF THOSE BLACK SUVS.
UNDERSTANDABLY SO SURROUNDED BY
A LOT OF SECURITY AS IS THE
COURTHOUSE RIGHT NOW CBS NEWS
REPORTER ROBERT COSTA WHO WAS
OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE, TALKED
TO SOMEONE WHO WAS CLOSE TO THE
FORMER PRESIDENT.
>>SAID HE WAS EXPRESSING HIS
ANGER. HIS IS FURY ABOUT THIS
VERDICT EVEN BEFORE IT WAS
READ, HE WAS PREDICTED TO
ASSOCIATES. THAT HE BELIEVED
THAT THIS TRIAL WAS A DISASTER
AND THAT HE WAS GOING TO FIGHT
IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH APPEAL.
HE WAS ALREADY SIGNALING TO
SOME OF THE TOP REPUBLICANS IN
THE COUNTRY IN THE PAST HOUR,
THAT REGARDLESS OF WHAT
HAPPENED HE WANTED THEM TO BE
WITH HIM. HE BELIEVED THEY
WOULD STAND WITH HIM AND HE IS
REALLY PREPARING HIS ALLIES.
TELL ME JUST NOW. TO FIGHT THIS
ALL THE WAY INTO USE THIS AS A
POLITICAL WEAPON AGAINST
PRESIDENT BIDEN JUSTICE.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT NOT INVOLVED
IN THIS CASE. THIS IS A CASE IN
LOWER MANHATTAN. THIS WAS A
JURY COMPRISED OF 12, NEW
YORKERS, PEOPLE WHO ARE HIS
PEERS IN HIS HOME CITY OF NEW
YORK AT THE SAME TIME, YOU'RE
GOING TO HEAR FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP CONSTANTLY USE THIS AS A
REFRAIN THAT HE WAS TARGETED.
BY THIS TRIAL TARGETED BY THIS
PROSECUTOR AND HE IS GOING TO
USE HIS OWN CHANNELS OF
COMMUNICATION. WHETHER IT'S
SOCIAL MEDIA. SOME KIND OF
RALLY OR SPEECHES OR OTHER
MEANS TO GET HIS MESSAGE OUT
THERE WITHOUT FACT, CHECKING
AND OFTEN WITHOUT THE BOUNDS OF
NORMAL DISCOURSE HOLDING HIM
IN, BUT THIS IS AMERICAN
POLITICS TODAY HE HAS HELPED TO
CREATE AND REALLY SPEARHEADED
THIS ENVIRONMENT WE ARE IN NOW
BUT I KNOW FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN WITH HIM IN THE PAST HOUR
THAT HE IS FURIOUS AND THAT
THIS IS NOT JUST SOMETHING HE'S
GOING TO LEAVE TO THE LAWYERS.
HE WANTS TO BE OUT FRONT NOW
AND THIS COUNTRY IS GOING TO
SEE HIM OUT FRONT. ALL SUMMER.
>>AND THIS VERDICT SENDING
SHOCK WAVES THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY RIGHT NOW AND MACKOVIC
JOINS ME NOW TRACKING THE LOCAL
REACTION TO THE TRUMP VERDICT.
AND WHAT ARE PEOPLE SAYING
>>LOCALLY AND ACROSS THE
COUNTRY? SOME STRONG OPINIONS
REACTION STARTING TO COME,
INCLUDING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK 1ST. AT
THAT STATEMENT FROM THE BIDEN
HARRIS CAMPAIGN, IT READS IN
PART IN NEW YORK TODAY WE SAW
THAT NO 1 IS ABOVE THE LAW
DONALD TRUMP HAS ALWAYS
MISTAKENLY BELIEVED HE WOULD
NEVER FACE CONSEQUENCES. FOR
BREAKING THE LAW FOR HIS OWN
PERSONAL GAIN. BUT TODAY'S
VERDICT DOES NOT CHANGE THE
FACT THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
FACE A SIMPLE REALITY THERE IS
STILL ONLY 1 WAY TO KEEP DONALD
TRUMP OUT OF THE OVAL OFFICE AT
THE BALLOT BOX. EAST BAY
CONGRESSMAN ERIC SWALWELL
SAYING ON X DONALD TRUMP IS A
CONVICTED FELON. THIS VERDICT
IS NOT A WIN FOR ANY SINGLE
PERSON HE SAYS. IT'S A WIN FOR
AN IDEA. THE IDEA THAT WE ALL
FOLLOW THE SAME RULES THE RULE
OF LAW 1 TODAY. IN SAN
FRANCISCO CITY ATTORNEY DAVID
CHU, SAYING TRUMP HAS LONG
DISREGARDED THE RULE OF LAW.
BUT TODAY A JURY SENT A CLEAR
MESSAGE THAT NO 1 IS ABOVE THE
LAW VOTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
MUST WAKE UP TO THE FACT THAT
TRUMP IS A CONVICTED FELON AND
IS UNFIT FOR OFFICE. ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE
REPUBLICAN HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE
JOHNSON JUST SAID THAT TODAY IS
A SHAMEFUL DAY IN AMERICAN
HISTORY, HE SAID. DEMOCRATS
CHEERED AS THEY CONVICTED THE
LEADER OF THE OPPOSING PARTY ON
RIDICULOUS CHARGES. PREDICATED
ON THE TESTIMONY OF A DISBARRED
CONVICTED FELON. HE ADDS. THIS
IS A PURELY PEOPLE. POLITICAL
EXERCISE. NOT A LEGAL 1. BUT WE
ARE CONTINUING TOGETHER MORE
REACTION HERE LOCALLY AND FROM
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE MORE FOR YOU ALL
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HERE ON
KPX AND CBS NEWS BAY AREA LIST.
>>ALL RIGHT, ANN THANKS SO
MUCH CBS NEWS CARRIED THE
HISTORIC VERDICT AND A SPECIAL
REPORT IN JUST THE PAST HOUR.
HERE'S THE MOMENT IT ALL CAME
DOWN.
>>WE ARE GETTING WORD. ON THE
1ST COUNT. THAT DONALD TRUMP IS
GIL. NOW. REMEMBER, THERE ARE
34 COUNTS. THAT WE WILL GO
THROUGH. COUNT 2. GUILTY. GUY.
COUNT 3. GUILTY. COUNT 4.
GUILTY. COUNT 5 AND 6 GUILTY.
COUNT 7. GUILTY. COUNT 8.
GUILTY. COUNT 9 GUILTY. COUNT
10. GUILTY. COUNT 11 GUILTY.
COUNT 12. GUILTY. COUNT 13
GUILTY. COUNT 14. AND 15.
GUILTY. COUNT 16. GUILTY.
REMEMBER. THIS IS A UNANIMOUS
DECISION BY THE JURY ON EACH OF
THESE COUNTS COUNTS 17.
GUILTY. COUNT 18 GUILTY. COUNT
19 GUILTY COUNT 20 GUILTY
COUNT. 21 GUILTY. COUNT 22.
GUILTY COUNT 23 GUILTY COUNT 24
GUILTY. COUNT 25. GUILTY COUNT
26 GUILTY COUNT 27 GUILTY COUNT
28 GUILTY 29 GUILTY. 30 GUILTY
COUNT 31 GUILTY COUNT 32 GUILTY
COUNT 33 GUILTY COUNT 34.
GUILTY. DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN
FOUND GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS. OF
FALSIFYING BUSINESS. RECORDS.
IN AN ATTEMPT TO COVER UP THE
ALLEGED RELATIONSHIPS. IN THE
NEW YORK HAS SH MONEY TRIAL.
>>AND IT WAS A MOMENT THAT WILL
BE ETCHED IN HISTORY. PEOPLE
EVERYWHERE HERE IN THE BAY AREA
AND AROUND THE WORLD FOR THAT
MATTER ARE REACTING TO THIS
VERDICT. HERE'S WHAT SOME FOLKS
SAID IN NEW YORK TIMES SQUARE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. I DID
NOT THINK THAT THIS WAS
ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN AND I
I'M JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT. IT'S
ABOUT TIME. ACCOUNTABLE FOR
SOMETHING I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
IT'S AMAZING. SURPRISE. IT'S AN
INCREDIBLE SURPRISE. I REALLY
DIDN'T THINK HE WAS EVER GOING
TO GET HELP TO ACCOUNT FOR
ANYTHING AND THE RETURN.
BURDEN. VERDICT. I'M LIKE I'M
STUNNED. DON'T THINK THAT'S
REALLY TRUE. I MEAN, I DON'T
KNOW HOW THE DETAILS ABOUT HIS
CASE. TRULY THINK HE DIDN'T DID
IT DIDN'T DO IT. MY FAULT
CREATURE. CREATURE. AND I JUST
WANT TO SEE THE TRUTH COME OUT.
AND I JUST WANT TO SEE THE 2
STORIES. INVOLVED. JOINING US
NOW IS SAN JOSE STATE PROFESSOR
MELINDA JACKSON. THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. WE'RE
HEARING A LOT OF REACTION. A
LOT OF SHOCK THAT THESE
VERDICTS CAME DOWN THE WAY THAT
THEY DID. WHAT WAS YOUR
REACTION? YES. WELL, I WAS ALSO
VERY SURPRISED THAT WE GOT A
VERDICT SO QUICKLY UM AND I
THINK THE FACT THAT IT WAS
GUILTY ON ALL 34 COUNTS AND
THAT IT CAME OUT WITHIN 2 DAYS.
REALLY SPEAKS TO THE STRENGTH
OF OF THE CASE AGAINST TRUMP
THAT THIS JURY, YOU KNOW, IS
REALLY SENDING A STRONG MESSAGE
HERE THAT THERE WAS NO DOUBT IN
THEIR MINDS. UM AND OBVIOUSLY
THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF
THIS REMAINS TO BE SEEN. BUT
DESPITE ALL OF TRUMP'S CLAIMS
THAT THIS WAS UNFAIR AND HE'S
BEING POLITICALLY TARGETED. IT
IS NEVER HELPFUL FOR SOMEONE TO
BE CAMPAIGNING. AS A CONVICTED
FELON. THERE IS THERE'S REALLY
NO UPSIDE TO THAT. AND I THINK
IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN
THE MINDS OF SOME POTENTIAL.
VOTERS WHO ARE NOW GOING TO
LOOK AT THIS RACE DIFFERENTLY
IN LIGHT OF THIS VERDICT. AS A
SURPRISE TO NO. 1 THE FORMER
PRESIDENT CAME OUT SAYING THAT
THIS WAS RIGGED AND A DISGRACE.
THIS WHOLE TRIAL WAS RIGGED AND
A DISGRACE. I'M CURIOUS THAT
REACTION AND THAT SORT OF FURY
THAT HE IS MOST LIKELY GOING TO
TAKE WITH HIM THROUGH THE REST
OF THE CAMPAIGN. DO YOU THINK
THAT IS GOING TO HELP HIM IN
THIS RACE? I DON'T THINK SO. A
AND WE'VE HEARD IT BEFORE. YOU
KNOW, HE HAS BEEN MAKING THOSE
CLAIMS FOR UM FOR THE LAST 4
YEARS REALLY? UM AND SO THE
FACT THAT HIS MESSAGE MAYBE
MOSTLY FOCUSED ON HIS OWN
PERCEIVED AND TREATMENT AND
VICTIMHOOD UM, YOU KNOW THAT
THAT IS A STORY THAT UH, THAT
WE'VE ALL HEARD BEFORE. AND
THOSE WHO SUPPORT HIM. I DON'T
THINK IT'S GOING TO CONVINCE
HIM TO SUPPORT HIM ANYMORE.
WHAT HE NEEDS TO BE DOING
THINKING AHEAD TO THE GENERAL
ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. IS
REACHING OUT TO THE PEOPLE WHO
ARE ON THE FENCE WHO ARE NOT
HIS DIEHARD SUPPORTERS AND
TRYING TO WIN THEIR VOTES AND I
DON'T KNOW THAT FOCUSING UM,
YOU KNOW AGAIN ON HIS PERCEIVED
MISTREATMENT IS GOING TO BE A
VERY EFFECTIVE CAMPAIGN
STRATEGY TO REACH OUT TO THOSE
UNDECIDED VOTERS AT THIS YOU
MENTIONED YOU WERE SURPRISED
HOW QUICKLY THE JURY CAME BACK
WITH THEIR VERDICT. I'M CURIOUS
WITH THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED IN
COURT. WHY YOU THINK THAT IT
TOOK AS SHORT OR AS LONG AS IT
DID? WELL, IT WAS A COMPLEX
CASE IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW THE
FINANCIAL DETAILS AND YOU KNOW,
JUST SORTING THROUGH ALL OF THE
THE VARIOUS LEGAL UM, YOU
KNOW ASPECTS OF IT, UM AND UH,
YOU KNOW, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW
WITH WITH A JURY TRIAL YOU
KNOW, THAT IS WHY IT IS THE YOU
KNOW THE BACKBONE OF OUR LEGAL
SYSTEM BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES
BRING IN UM ORDINARY ORDINARY.
AMERICANS, TO SIT AND LISTEN TO
THE EVIDENCE AND TO, UM SIFTED
ALL THROUGH AND DISCUSS AND UM
PARTICULARLY AGAIN WITH WITH
THE NUMBER OF COUNTS AND THE
HIGH PROFILE NATURE OF THIS
CASE YOU KNOW? UM, IT WOULD
NOT HAVE SURPRISED ME IF THE
JURY TOOK A LITTLE BIT LONGER
TO REALLY, YOU KNOW THOROUGHLY.
UM REEG. EVERYTHING. UM THE
FACT THAT IT WAS SO QUICK AND
THAT THEY ASKED FOR
CLARIFICATION ON A FEW THINGS,
BUT THEY HAD A UNANIMOUS
DECISION WITHIN 2 DAYS MEANS
THAT UM IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE
WASN'T A LOT OF DISAGREEMENT
AMONG THE JURY AND THAT THE
PROSECUTION. UM PROVED ITS CASE
EFFECTIVELY. SENTENCING WILL BE
ON JULY 11TH, WHICH IS JUST A
FEW DAYS AWAY FROM THE
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.
I'M CURIOUS WHAT IMPACT DO YOU
THINK THAT SENTENCING DAY WILL
HAVE ON THE CONVENTION? YEAH,
WELL IT'S HARD TO SAY. I MEAN,
ALL OF THIS IS SO
UNPRECEDENTED. UM AND UH, YOU
KNOW AGAIN IT CAN'T BE GOOD,
RIGHT? WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
SENTENCING WILL HOLD. WE EXPECT
THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE
APPEALS AS WELL. SO, YOU KNOW,
THE NEXT PHASES OF THIS ARE
LIKELY TO TAKE MONTHS AND NOT
BE RESOLVED. BEFORE THE
ELECTION IN NOVEMBER, BUT UM,
AGAIN. IT IS NOT A GOOD NEWS
STORY TO BE SENTENCED FOR A
CRIMINAL CONVICTION, YOU KNOW,
AT THE SAME TIME THAT YOU ARE
RUNNING FOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICE,
UM LET ALONE YOU KNOW, THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
SO I DO THINK THAT THIS WILL
HAVE A CHILLING EFFECT ON AT
LEAST SOME PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE
BEEN CONSIDERING VOTING FOR
TRUMP AND WILL NOT BE AS LIKELY
TO DO THAT NOW PROFESSOR
MELINDA JACKSON. THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BEING HERE. YOU'RE
WELCOME, BUT WE WILL HAVE
CONTINUING COVERAGE OF THE
TRUMP GUILTY VERDICT IN THE
HUSH MONEY TRIAL. SONOMA STATE
POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR
DAVID MCEWAN JOINS US LIVE FOR
HIS INSIGHT. WE'LL BE RIGHT
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WE ARE
CONTINUING TO FOLLOW THIS.
BREAKING NEWS. FORMER PREZ DON TRUMP FOUND GUILTY ON ALL
COUNTS AND THE HUSH MONEY TRIAL
IN NEW YORK, MAKING HIM THE 1ST
FORMER PRESIDENT TO EVER BE
CONVICTED OF FELONY CRIMES.
JOINING ME LIVE NOW IS SONOMA
STATE POLITICAL SCIENCE
PROFESSOR DAVID MCEWAN.
PROFESSOR MCEWAN THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. YEAH.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME GIVE US
SOME PERSPECTIVE ON THE
MAGNITUDE. OF THIS MOMENT. THIS
IS THE 1ST FORMER PRESIDENT TO
BE EVER CONVICTED. OF A CRIME.
HOW HUGE IS THIS IN HISTORY?
IT'S A BIG DEAL. I MEAN, LOOK,
THIS IS A TECTONIC SHIFT IN OUR
POLITICS. IT WAS 50 YEARS AGO
THIS AUGUST, AUGUST 20TH THAT
RICHARD NIXON RESIGNED. THE
PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED
STATES. AND IN SOME WAYS WE'VE
COME FULL CIRCLE FROM THAT, BUT
THIS IS DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT.
THIS ISN'T THINKING 68 OR 1974.
IT'S MORE LIKE 1860S. AND THE
STAKES ARE HUGE. WHAT'S GOING
ON IN THE COUNTRY IS MORE THAN
DIVISIVE AND MORE MORE THAN
POLARIZED. IT'S SHAKING FAITH
IN INSTITUTIONS. SO RECOGNITION
OF THE RULE OF LAW IS HUGELY
IMPORTANT. AND AND THAT'S 1
THING WE ELEMENT THAT IS
RELIABLE BECAUSE LEGAL
INSTITUTIONS ARE STRONG, SO
THIS HAS LEGAL ASPECTS. THE
POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS OF THIS
CASE OF TODAY OF WHAT HAPPENS
IN THE FUTURE WITH SUBSEQUENT
CHARGES OR SUBSEQUENT
DEVELOPMENTS. BUYS HUGELY
POLITICAL THAT REVERBERATES
ASKED. NOVEMBER 5TH AND THIS
HAS HUGE CONSTITUTIONAL
IMPLICATIONS. SO THESE 3 THINGS
LEGAL POLITICAL AND
CONSTITUTIONAL ARE ALL THAT'S
AT STAKE AFTER TODAY'S VERDICT
AND WHAT'S GOING ON, AND DONALD
TRUMP IS FRONT AND CENTER, AND
ALL OF THAT, THAT'S JUST THE
WAY HE'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO HAVE
IT. JUST CLARIFY. WE KEEP
CALLING US THE HUSH MONEY
TRIAL, BUT TO BE CLEAR TO BE
CLEAR HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF
FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS TO
COVER UP THE PAYOFF. TO A ...
STAR. 34 COUNTS WERE YOU
SURPRISED THAT HE CAME BACK
GUILTY ON ALL 34 COUNTS THIS
QUICKLY. YEAH, IT'S BOTH FAST.
AND THE SENSE THAT THEY AGREED
ON ALL OF THE ELEMENTS BECAUSE
SOME OF THEM ARE RELATED TO
SOME OF THE CHARGES ARE RELATED
TO HIS REVOKABLE TRUST SUMMER
RELATED TO OTHER ENTITIES, AND
SO IT IS A COMPLEX SET OF
BUSINESS PRACTICES. AND A
COMPLEX SET THAT WAS LAID OUT
AND SO GUMMY AND COMING,
EVERYBODY COMING TOGETHER TO
UNDERSTAND THE MINDSET. AND
DOING SO SO QUICKLY READING
BACK TO TESTIMONY, FOR EXAMPLE
OF ... UH AND THEN AND THEN OF
MICHAEL COHEN SIGNALED
YESTERDAY. THAT THINGS WERE
HEADED IN THIS DIRECTION. BUT
ALSO THE CALENDAR IS HUGELY
IMPORTANT HERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW
WE HAVE JUNE 27TH COMING UP. WE
HAVE THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
JUST BEFORE JUST AFTER
SENTENCING OCCURS AS YOU
MENTIONED WE HAVE ANOTHER
DEBATE. THE ELECTION ITSELF IS
ONLY 100 58 DAYS AWAY, SO THAT
MEANS DONALD TRUMP IS GOING TO
GO NEGATIVE WAY HE'S GOING TO
HAVE TO DO THIS, AND HE'S GOING
TO HAVE TO ATTACK WHILE THOSE
LEGAL THINGS ARE GOING ON, AND
THAT MEANS EVERYONE KIND OF
STRAPPING AND GET READY.
CURIOUS THAT THIS IS GOING TO
REALLY CHANGE THE CAMPAIGN.
MOVING FORWARD. HOW IS BIDEN
GOING TO REACT TO THIS? HOW
SHOULD HE REACT? YEAH. I MEAN,
YOU SAW ELEMENTS OF THIS WITH
JOE BIDEN KAMALA HARRIS TALKED
AFRICAN TO AFRICAN AMERICAN
VOTERS WHO ARE SO CRITICAL FOR
WHAT HAPPENED. I MEAN, 94% OF
AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN VOTED
FOR JOE BIDEN. IN 2020. THEY
NEED A HUGE TURNOUT OF AFRICAN
AMERICAN VOTERS OVERALL BUT
THEY'VE ALSO SEEN SOME CHANGES
IN LEAKAGE LINKAGE WITH THE
LATINX VOTERS. LATINOS AND
LATINAS, NOT JUST IN FLORIDA
BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
THEY ARE HUGELY IMPORTANT. AND
SO THE FOCUS FOR THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION REALLY NEEDS TO
BE ON WINNING 3 STATES. THOSE
STATES ARE PENNSYLVANIA.
MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN. THEY
CAN WEATHER LOSSES IN GEORGIA
ARIZONA OR NEVADA AS A RESULT,
BUT THE ELEMENTS OF THOSE 2
GROUPS FOR EXAMPLE AFRICAN
AMERICANS AND LATINOS AND
LATINAS ARE HUGE FOR THE BIDEN
COALITION. THEY HAVE TO
REASSEMBLE THAT WHILE WE HAVE
THIS UP PEOPLE FOR WHAT'S GOING
ON WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, DONALD
TRUMP TAPPED OUT AT ABOUT 46 OR
47%. AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S
AN ELEMENT OF THE GOP HABITUAL
VOTER THAT WILL NOT VOTE FOR A
CONVICTED FELON. SO WHAT DO
THEY DO? THEY WON'T VOTE FOR JOB. BIDEN DO THEY VOTE FOR
SOMEONE LIKE RFK OR A 3RD
PARTY, OR DO THEY SIT OUT? AND
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT
BECAUSE 93 0 PEOPLE WHO WERE
ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN 2016 DID
NOT CAST A BALLOT. AND IF
YOU'RE DONALD TRUMP, YOU WANT
FURTHER PEOPLE STAYING HOME. SO
YOU GO NEGATIVE EARLY AND
OFTEN, THIS IS THE START OF
THAT BIG MOMENTUM TO DO THAT,
WITH THE VOTING PUBLIC. JUST
WANT TO REPEAT ONCE AGAIN.
SENTENCING AS IT ON JULY 11
JUST A FEW DAYS AWAY FROM THE
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
PROFESSOR DAVID MCEWAN, THANK
YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. IT'S
GOOD TO SEE YOU AND WE WILL
HAVE CONTINUING COVERAGE OF THE
TRUMP GUILTY VERDICT IN THE
HUSH MONEY TRIAL. WE'LL BE
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LIVE PICTURES JUST
OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM IN
MANHATTAN. THERE, YOU SEE IT. SWARM OF REPORTERS AND SECURE
THERE. STILL AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW THE
BREAKING NEWS OF THE TRUMP
VERDICT AND MORE REACTIONS JUST
COMING INTO OUR NEWSROOM. YEAH.
IT'S VERY SAD DAY FOR AMERICA.
YEAH. ANOTHER WAY BECAUSE
BECAUSE THIS IS POLITICAL
PROSECUTION AND ABSOLUTELY NOT.
BEHIND THIS CASE. AND I HOPE
THEY FEEL IT. AGAIN. THE JURY
AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP'S SO CALLED HUSH MONEY
TRIAL IN NEW YORK HAS FOUND HIM
GUILTY ON ALL 34 COUNTS. HE IS
THE 1ST FORMER PRESIDENT IN THE
UNITED STATES HISTORY TO BE
CONVICTED OF FELONY CRIMES THAT
VERDICT HANDED DOWN IN THE
MANHATTAN COURTROOM WHERE TRUMP
HAS BEEN ON TRIAL FOR THE PAST
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WELL,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US TODAY. AS WELL. COVER THE BRIDGE. NEWS. OF THE GUILTY,
VERN. OF FOR PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP, MUCH MORE ON THE CBS EVENING NEWS NEXT
ON KPX.
>> Norah: TONIGHT, THE
BREAKING NEWS.
DONALD TRUMP GUILTY IN THE
SO-CALLED HUSH MONEY CRIMINAL TRIAL.
ON THE FIRST COUNT, DONALD TRUMP
IS GUILTY.
COUNT TWO, GUILTY. COUNT 34, GUILTY.
GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS.
>> THIS IS THE CONCLUSION OF A
TRIAL, BUT IT IS ONLY THE
BEGINNING OF A FIGHT.
>> THE REAL VERDICT IS GOING TO
BE NOVEMBER 5TH BY THE PEOPLE.
>> Norah: THE
"CBS EVENING NEWS" STARTS NOW.
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