judge mershon will sentence trump july 11th, four days before the national convention. trump on social media last night took issue with that timing, asking highly conflicted judge mershon will make a decision which will determine the future of our nation. trump then suggesting the united states supreme court must decide my revenge will be success. >> and i mean that. >> trump promised revenge during an interview over the weekend, saying this when asked about the possibility of facing house arrest or even prison time. >> i think it would be tough for the public to take, you know, at a certain point, there's a breaking point. >> this is another dangerous appeal to violence, and it is yet another reason why americans are going to decide they don't want a convicted felon in the oval office. >> trump also acknowledged he does not sleep a lot these days. >> i don't say that as a badge of courage. you know, a lot of people don't sleep and they maybe do, i rarely eat breakfast . i don't it's funny, i love food, but i don't necessarily. i'm too anxious. >> experts say it's highl

judge mershon will sentence trump july 11th, four days before the national convention. trump on social media last night took issue with that timing, asking highly conflicted judge mershon will make a decision which will determine the future of our nation. trump then suggesting the united states supreme court must decide my revenge will be success and i mean that. trump promised revenge during an interview over the weekend, saying this when asked about the possibility of facing house arrest or even prison time. >> i think it would be tough for the public to take, you know, at a certain point, there's a breaking point. >> this is another dangerous appeal to violence. and it is yet another reason why americans are going to decide they don't want a convicted felon in the oval office. >> trump also acknowledged he does not sleep a lot these days. >> i don't say that as a badge of courage. you know, a lot of people don't sleep and they maybe do, i rarely eat breakfast. i don't it's funny, i love food, but i don't necessarily. i'm too anxious. experts say it's highly unlikely

interview is going to help decide that it's a next step in the sentencing process with judge juan mershonng manhattan da alvin bragg has agreed to testify before the gop house committee about his case against former president that is scheduled for june 13 lead by house judiciary chairman jim jordan, judge rashaun is overseeing the trial and being criticized for an admission that a facebook post before the verdict seemed to suggest the jury had decided the fate and they were telling family members, watch. >> it seems there is evidence that there is a troll who's done this but i guess the question why did it sit there for over a week on the court website why hasn't judge mershon done his own investigation he's written letters to the lawyers and he expects strong defense lawyers to do the investigation but he has all the tools at his disposal. >> it might be grounds for vacating the verdict in a new trial. he could be criminally charged with a felony statute called obstruction of the judicial proceeding. it is a form of obstruction of justice. maria: headlines is sporting wnba star caitlin c

which of course is exactly what bragg and mershon had done. and there courtroom.tate legislature. not the governor, two people to people he goes on because the constitution and laws made in pursuance thereof all treaties made under the authority of the united states shall be the supreme law of the land that the judges of every state shall be bound there by, by anything in the constitution and laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding. three, the judicial power of the united states shall extend to all cases in law and equity arising under the constitution. the laws of the united states and treaties made under the authority thereof. the issues that took place in that courtroom arise under the federal constitution which is why joe biden and all competitors who support racism and segregation of pros and brown versus board of education by opposing the integration of our public school systems. that is when he got up and said this is a state issue. no, and happen in a state court. that does not make it a state court issue. madison goes on he says with respect to

two months ago it was judge michael who ruled against trump with the lawyers tried to stop judge mershon'sial days before opening statements, another justice alan gessner gave thousands of dollars of campaign contribution to democrats before she took the bench federal election commission records saw she gave $2000 to senator chuck schumer's campaign in 1998 and to hilary clinton 2000 new york senate race $1725 she gave $250 to howard dean's presidential campaign in 2003 and $1700 to democratic campaign committees, last year former president trump got some wins from this appellate court during the civil fraud trial with judge author anger on the court cut the amount of his bond and lifted a gag order in about trump and his son to continue to do business in new york. we look to find out if the justices have given donation to republican party or conservative party candidates, so far we found none we asked the court for, insofar no one has gotten back to us. stuart: why am i not surprised, great report, i want to bring in senator ted cruz, you are convinced that terms conviction will be revers

token, if at the end of the.n debate a lot of t was spent on the 2020 election, january 6 or judge mershongoften break or run a phyllis. i think democrats at least will consider that a significant win for them. they know biden is weak. this is not to she say the weaponization of government is not a huge issue. it is a big issue. it's not what's driving voters to the polls. i'm quickly dispense with that. i could see tapper may be asking trump something like, sir, is a convicted felon there's a possibility you may be sentenced to prison and other cases down the road. how does that make you fit fors the residency,, sir? no that this type of question will be asked and one kedthing. well, don't get trump to try to get trump to lose his cool. that's why that question is being beasked. again, trump doesn't need to take theke t bait. now, on their convicted felon point. it's ugly say, will jake most people see these cases is driven by politics. and they know that i decided not to run for office ofneouagain none of them would've been brought. setting that aside we believe we have a strong appeal i

alvin bragg for the most part does not believe in prison but we shall see whether bragg and judge mershon up first-time defender in a nonviolent case behind bars. joe biden likes the justice system this week. >> as reckless, it is dangerous, it is a responsible for anyone to say this was rigged just because they don't like the verdict, our justice system has endured for 250 years and literally is the cornerstone of america. our justice system the justice system should be respected and we should never allow anyone to tarry down it's as simple as that. >> that's pretty rich given how often he criticizes the supreme court and he didn't seem too happy when special counsel rob her referred to him as a feeble man who could not remember enough to face criminal charges for possessing classified material. time will tell whether he likes the justice system with his own son handing trial on gone and tax charges next week. one thing is for certain the justice system is on the ballot this fall, do we want a system where prosecutors like alvin bragg promised to go after political rivals in the left-win

alleged sexual encounter with trump to be heard by the jury, the defense wants to raise judge juan mershon, new york state committee ethics ruled there was no conflict in that but reportedly the panel gave them a warning because it is against the canons of judicial ethics for judges to take political positions, some legal experts are saying the appeal will go anywhere because you need evidence of egregious mistakes, wrongdoing and appeals courts often do not like to second-guess the jury but meanwhile since the verdict happened last week the trump campaign says it's raised more than $52 million in donations so far, that has been climbing. >> instantly has been climbing, taking for that, we are told depended again who you want to believe on this around 200 million if you take the fact and the widow when she's given $100 million to the campaign we're told 100 million if you include the small to big donors who have contributed since the verdict went down and bill clinton advisor democratic strategist bill mcgurn editorial board member former bush 43 writer, welcome to both of you in on the mo

a report, those conclusions will go into the pre-signature report and that will go to judge juan mershon and recommended a sentence for the former president, we know the report can also help them, the new york court says this report is a chance for the defendant's lawyer to say good things about the defendant like that the defendant is in a counseling program or has a steady job and takes care of an ailing family member, the sentence interview is a chance for the defendant to try to make a good impression and explain why he or she deserves a lighter punishment, the trump campaign says this, president trump and his legal team are already taking the necessary steps to challenge and defeat what they call the ball this manhattan da case, this comes as manhattan. under district attorney alvin bragg has accepted a request to testify before the house judiciary of before the case but he won't do that until after trump is sentenced in july, the republican led panel wants to ask bragg about the prosecution and if the biden justice department had any input or involvement in the charges against trum

see right through it you would be hard-pressed to find anybody besides injury influence by judge mershonhighly conflicted to believe a 34 count verdict has any sort of meaning and law and now we see the hunter biden case where the law is very clear and evident but the donation rolling into donald trump, the rnc are meaningful as americans are struggling paying their bills every day. maria: wall street billionaires are rushing back to trump. >> so was a small donor there worth one vote each. if the selection ends up being a referendum on biden, there should be no way that he wins the economy is slowing inflation sticky, crime elevated the budget under border a disaster with the 2500 policy which is a complete joke, cognitive ability slipping in for the first time in decades there are more registered republicans and democrats. a seven-point swing since 2020. i find that interesting. if you think about the gop make progress with minority voters you look at the young voters in trump's presence on tiktok and we talked about the issues with tiktok but that's representation with how he's doing

. >> nbc news reported thursday that judge mershon has been the target of many baseless right- wing conspiracies feeling a new round of threats against him and since the verdict was announced trump supporters are launching a similar assault against the anonymous jurors who convicted the former president. to say this is unbecoming of a leading presidential candidate would be an understatement. this isn't new information but it is worth reminding people how unhinged and self-serving donald trump is. joining me is barbara res, former executive vice president of the trump organization and author of tower of life, what my 18 years of working with donald trump reveals about him. good morning, thank you for being with us. i have been looking forward to talking to you. the donald trump that we saw after the court case seemed to different. he seemed more under pressure. he seemed angrier. the words coming out of his mouth seemed less cogent than normal. what are you seeing about donald trump after this conviction? >> well i think that immediately, when the conviction came in, he probably was very surpris

justice mershon saw through it and they delivered 34 count guilty verdict. >> i want to stand on that point because you just said he instructed one of his lawyers. you have covered him for years. you know him so well. was one of the biggest challenges for trump's defense team trump himself? >> of course. i mean, why do you think they denied he had a sexual relationship with stormy daniels? they didn't need to do that. why do you think they made a point of repeating that david pecker but a point of saying he sold the most magazines ever. why did they keep saying the present -- president of the united states. all of that was at least in part to assuage the ego of their defendant. we would not be here if it was not for the ego of this defendant. that is what gets him and all of this trouble. having the affair with the adult film star while his wife has a baby upstairs. all of this stuff, the ego surrounding it is what got him into this position. the fact that he ran for president then ran for president again. that he lied about all of these things. it's all ego driven. >> he was never he

we were so used to judge mershon who had everything he could do to extend that trial so that donald trump'sal went on for six weeks in a week off in the middle for memorial day celebrations and meeting with her parents, i mean, meeting with your family members during the memorial day weekend, but in this case, what you have is a case that is rock-solid, dana, the question is, this is one proven beyond a reasonable doubt. will there be nullification? will the jury who has been sad to witness to the biden family looks like such a unified family with the jill and she only goes to europe and she takes her solo flight back and forth to be with her husband, but you have jill and the wife and the daughters and the sisters, and now james and his wife. it's like they are there saying we are a powerful family in the state and we are in the front row looking at you, that's why the prosecution smartly said, that right there is not evidence. i thought it was very well done, but it is they are. the question is do they want to convict? >> dana: richard, what do you think, we will probably get a verdict to

legal experts still expect he would get jail time but you never know this is judge mershon in new yorkanything is possible with this guy, do they have a point that would move the anger more against the democrats if something like that were to happen. >> what is happening some are lukewarm to trump and never drawn any sympathetic. they put them into a little be the last day of make it a terrible decision because i think the empty podium even though there would be a spokesperson i think that would draw people closer and frankly the power grows around him every day and i think it would be a mistake. cheryl: what you make former president trump is an 18-point lead over biden and iowa. >> 18 points. >> as much as democrats want to kick and scream about president trump being a felon in the republican party has nominated the felon it is not working they get on tv and yell about race and president trump is a racist, it is not working because at some point, the dam does break any of individuals who have been told year after year you must vote for us in the nearby full get better it is not getti

judge mershon has discretion. could be a fine, could be house arrest or jail certain, donald trump is in a position we expect him to appeal this jury verdict. >> it is interesting though, donald trump is acting like he doesn't care he's going to go to jail. we know his whole thing is to be bravado and look and put on a brave face but are you surprised by that at all? >> nobody wants -- i don't know what you think jail is going to be like, even if it is a relatively nice jail, even if he has his own wing. i think we are going up -- we are getting ahead of ourselves in terms of needing to wait for the sentence to see what that is going to be. but donald trump is putting on a brave face and he is trying to make this about something larger than himself. i'm not sure that it really isn't about something larger than himself. he's talking about how he has been under a gag order and let's be clear what that gag order would say. it says donald trump can't intimidate witnesses or port officials or their families. it does no

. >> gillian: sent to the newsroom now judge juan mershon has partially lifted the gag order opposedent donald trump during his criminal trial in new york city because the case is over he has lifted parts of the gag order that protected him particularly the witnesses and the jurors but what frump is still barred from talking about publicly as individual prosecutors, court staff, and their family members. this part of the gag order will remain in place until trump receives his sentencing a few weeks from now, sander we were just talking about this, or you just were, excuse me come with kerri urbahn a few moments ago. it sounds like this is it some pretty big movement in favor of the former president. >> sandra: all throughout this trial every time the former president stepped out in front of that microphone it was a major frustration of his come of this gag order. and the judge has now lifted and to your point, julian, parts of the gag order, not in its entirety because the case is over, merchan lifted parts of the gag order that protected witnesses and jurors and to reiterate trump c

then 25 minutes later judge mershon said we have a note from the jury. the mood in the courtroom just changed. it was really kind of like an icebox. right? trump was saying for weeks it was like an icebox. it got really warm. that is the moment when the mood shifted in such a way. then 30 minutes later when the jury came back in i think trump was bracing himself. i think he knew that it was going to be a guilty verdict. i think when it came, it kind of hit him. the gravity of the moment. and it was just nothing like i have ever seen. >> you know, molly, there has been a lot of discussion about the gag order and legal discussion on whether his continued violation of the gag order will actually hurt him at the sentencing because it is defiance of the order and part of that includes a key motive component for punishing you and a deterrent to prevent you from reoffending as a defendant actually discourage others from violating the law. in this instance though, we talked a lot about the fact that trump was silenced appropriately so because of this gag order a

who is not a fellow new yorker, i beg you, find somebody else who is not more new york than judge mershonf his peers in this trial but having a man like judge merchan who is overseeing just the personalities and having to be able to manage that, he's done a fantastic job and i think it is just not good that we have not been able to see that on video. >> i love your response because donald trump has attacked this judge. it's not the first time he's attacked judges by saying he's unfair because of where he comes from. that's a quote. we all know what that means and your answer tells us exactly where this judge came from and you know, there will be controversy in this trial with one side or the other, in every trial, one side is disappointed or not, as to what happened and the fact that we were all there inside the court, i think we can all agree this was such a fair trial and such a fair process because of the judge. there are really good lawyers on both sides. whatever is happening, it's not because the process isn't working in a inc. it's really important and i think the judge is primaril

do you think judge mershon was that all on this? moving quickly and more quickly, it seems, from the papers that trump filed that which tells me he actually is looking seriously at this, so i think -- there are three categories, as you mentioned and there is one category where i think the judge is going to take a close look at it, and that is the statements that trump can make about witnesses. we have seen the appearances from stormy daniels them from michael cohen where they are talking about the case. they are talking about the election, they are talking about trump going to jail post verdict, so i think there is some merit to trump's argument that he should get to respond to those attacks and i think the prosecutors, even in their initial letter suggest they would make some amendments to allow for that. that is the one category where i could see some shift, but trumps motion says really nothing about why he should get to now attack the jurors after the verdict, or why he should now get to attack the judges daughter. none of that

that order from judge mershon barred trump from making any public statements about witnesses and their potential participation in the investigation or criminal case. today, mr. trump mentioned robert costello by name. a witness who testified on trump's behalf. he also talked extensively about his former attorney, michael cohen, though he did not explicitly use cohen's name. the judge had previously fined trump $10,000 for violating the gag order and warned future violations could result in jail time. >> today, in san francisco's hall of justice, paul pelosi took the stand and faced the man who assaulted him with a hammer. ktvu christian captain was inside that courtroom during today's testimony. he joins us live now. and christian, this man paul, gave a very detailed account of what happened that night in 2022. >> yeah, that's exactly right. paul pelosi gave a riveting account of waking up to a man in his room with a hammer in one hand and zip ties in the other. paul pelosi, husband of the former speaker of the house, walked into department 19 of san francisco's hall of justice, ready

this judge appeared this is the same newspaper that went into vapors when anybody questioned judge mershon election which was not random. he was put on that case and ended up ruling heavily for the prosecution in ways that many of us believe our reversible errors. and you have this peace in "the new york times" attacking cannon who by the way has ruled on major issues against the trump team. in my view, the thing that is most disturbing is the suggestion that other judges may have spoken to "the new york times" to poison the well for their colleague. judge cannon has worked this case evenly. she has made a number of decisions that go both ways. i think she has been quite an impressive judge on this. she is trying to get it right. but the idea that because she is a trump appointee, she's under suspicion is precisely what they criticize president trump for saying on judges in his cases. the hypocrisy is perfectly overwhelming. >> shannon: something tells me we will be bugging you guys a lot this week. wednesday is the next opinion day. thank you both very much. up next to th the biden and tr

juan mershon can make a lot of money, first judge not only convict trump, but put him in jail. good gold star. as far as polling not moving, the same thing impeachment had with bill clinton and donald trump, over things that weren't in the national interest so much. you could not define what the high crime and misdemeanor was. their polls went up. clinton, left office with 70% approval rating despite going into recession. this is not resonating with voters. you asked one hundred people, what donald trump convicted of, 99 could not find what is essentially a misdemeanor. trump is in silicon valley, san francisco, sold out fund-raiser. they expect to raise 15 million on top of 100 million post-conviction. the money behind trump, this conviction is having a boomerang effect. larry: mark, back to your point about going to jail, by the way i don't disagree, there is a very decent, some probability that marchon would do that, the outcry and howling will be unbelievable, truly. and i think the political impact on democrats will be very, very negative because people will say, literally

was judge mershon right to lead stormy daniels to go into such dirty details about a sexual encounterould be unnecessarily prejudicial to trump. there are some due process issues, also with the jury instructions. there is a real possibility this thing could get overturned but not for a while. there is no way this could happen before the election. i think trump will be a convicted felon at the time he is on the ballot. there is a possibility later in 2025 it could get overturned but i don't see that happening anytime soon. >> rocha, sophia, trump campaign officials, anyone concerned at all about a new potential prison sentence in july? trump does not want that. i continue for a fact. he is a huge germophobe. he does not want that. another reason, i think of course, the secret service, the campaign has prepared for the unlikely possibility that will happen. but, you know, realistically, we probably won't see him in jail. -- okay, sophia cai and dave aronberg, good to but, as always. >>> brutal heat is gripping parts of the country. how people are coping and when there will be relief nex

judge mershon donated $15 to biden's campaign in 2020, a new poll found. trump's conviction may cost him votes even among republicans. the reuters survey found 10% of the republican registered voters questioned say they are less likely to vote for trump. following the verdict, the same poll found 25% of independent voters say mr. trump's conviction makes them less likely to support him in november. >> well, the former president will be in the bay area for a campaign fundraiser on thursday that will be exactly one week since his conviction in his criminal election interference case. the invitation, now circulating online, says the june 6th fundraiser will be hosted by tech billionaire david sax. tickets for the dinner are around $300,000 per person. however, the invitation does not say where the event will be held. vice president kamala harris will also make a campaign stop in the bay area later this week. on wednesday, the vice president is scheduled to appear at a fundraiser hosted by manny's cafe in san francisco's mission district. however, the owner of

. >> i think when you look at the jury instructions here, judge mershon essentially, i wouldn't say rigged the deliberations, but certainly steered the jury towards the verdict that he clearly wanted. >> the appeals process could push sentencing back months even beyond the november election. trump has accused president biden of using the justice department as a weapon against him. now let's go to drew for a look at what. >> hey there. good morning amanda. we'll take a look outside the exploratorium camera showing you salesforce lit up for pride month as you take a look at the cloud cover. it's a mix of stars and clouds out there. temperatures right now we're in the 50s, but a lot of us are in the 60s, so it feels mild out there. this morning. but it's going to be a day that's filled with clouds and temperatures at or below average. here's the reason why live doppler seven along with satellite. we actually have a cold front across northern california. rain is falling around eureka this morning. we're not going to get rain, but we will get the cooler temperatures this afternoon. here's futur

. >> i think when you look at the jury instructions here, judge mershon essentially, i wouldn't say rigged the deliberations, but certainly steered the jury towards the verdict that he clearly wanted. >> the appeals process could push sentencing back months even beyond the november election. trump has accused president biden of using the justice department as a weapon against him. back to you, drew. >> we'll take a live look outside from sutro tower this morning. there's a fair amount of cloud cover out there. you'll take a look at all of our reporting stations right now, and you can see it's a pretty cloudy start to the day. it's all because of a cold front that is making its way slowly through northern california, and will stay with those partly sunny conditions throughout the entire day today. so temperatures are not too hot for this time of the year. we'll find temperatures in the 60s and 70s for the most part. later on this afternoon, and then that heat will really crank tomorrow with our first heat wave of the season. winds are a little breezy this afternoon. you'll find by 4 p.m. th

that leaves the gag order imposed by judge juan mershon in place meaning, he could still face penalties in place for violating it. the order bars trump from going after witnesses, jurors, and others who were involved in the case. following his felony conviction last month, the sentencing is scheduled for july 11th. so, i guess first of all, do you expect this gag order to be put back before the sentencing? i don't, but maybe there is reason for it. and then, what do you expect for the sentencing? >> i think the gag order will remain in place. da bragg has asked for you to stay in place, at least through the sentencing. as far as his penalty, i think in this case, typically first- time offender in this low level class a felony he will get probation, but trump has shown no remorse. it is quite the opposite. in fact, he has bashed the judge, the judge's family, prosecutors, he has continued to show contempt for the whole process. he has violated the court's gag order 10 times. a defendant who normally does that would get to think about his actions behind steel bars. i still don't think tha

since donald trump was found guilty on 34 counts, justice mershon merchan has come under further attackday of the trump trial. what i saw was a master class in what a judge should be, how one can serve fairly and impartially for the prosecution and the defense and remain a pillar for the rule of law in america. he goes on to say as a supervising judge i emphasize the importance of maintaining control of those under my charge. that is how a judge ensures that all defendants, especially the most difficult ones, get a fair trial. that is how everyone is treated, with courtesy, and how rulings are evenhanded and fair. in this area, judge merchan excelled. we will hear from perry in north carolina on the republican line. good morning. caller: yes. give me as much time as you did that radical leftist roger from wisconsin, who was totally and utterly informed. the pc read from the new york times -- why don't you read something from breitbarthat people like alan dershowitz on how big of a travesty this judge was? if you want to get back to confidence, when should joe biden go back to trial? obv

since donald trump was found guilty on 34 counts, justice mershon -- justice merchan has come under furtherttack. i attended each day of ttrial. what i saw was a master class in what a judge should be, how one can serve fairly and impartially for the prosecution and the defense and remain a pillar for the rule of law in america. he goes on to say as a supervising judge i always emphasize the importance of maintaining control of those under my charge. that is how a judge ensures that all defendants, especially the most difficult ones, get a fair trial. that is how everyone is treated, with courtesy, and how rulings are evenhanded and fair. in this area judge merchan excelled. we will hear from perry in north carolina on the republican line. good morning. caller: yes. give me as much time as you did that radical leftist roger from wisconsin, who was totally and utterly informed. the pc read from the new york times -- why don't you read something from breitbart that people like alan d big of a travesty this judge was? if you want to get back to confidence when should joe biden go back to trial