do at the manhattan district attorney's office. 1930's district attorney, stewing -- attorney thomas deweyshered in the modern office. a major part of our practice during the nearly 90 years has been public integrity work, including cases involving jurists, local and state electives, public servants, and others. 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 th

is the antithesis of everything thomas dewey stood for to have brought this case. he never would have brought this case. he is spinning in his grave over this. what an orwellian outrage to quote and to try to associate yourself with thomas dewey. >> laura: the best was when that reporter, if you can call it a reporter, who asked a question of bragg tonight saying well how does it feel? are you kidding me? like how do you feel tonight? like what's your favorite color? what did you have for dinner last night. most ridiculous question ever. the legal minds at msnbc, chris are thinking that this verdict may set other legal issues in motion. watch. >> there is some thuts that the supreme court may have been waiting for this verdict and we will see if that is an explanation for their delay or whether they are really are five justices who written tent in undermining the public's right to a speedy trial in the januar. >> chris, weissman says a lot of dopey things. but the court waiting, john roberts. amy coney barrett we are waiting for judge merchan and the jury? this is

thomas dewey ran against truman and he didn't try to put truman and jail.i don't see bragg as a thomab dewey. l be part of ail very troubling legacy for not just bragg but for the new york legal system. it is a sad day. and i knowtrum that everyone basically fulfilled their narrative tonight, right? trump waicaln ths able to show s a political prosecution that gave him vere iny little chancen manhattan. i think that is pretty accurate. the other side fulfilled their narrative that he is a convicted felon here those narratives have existed for some time, and the politics of that we will have to see. but when it comes to the law, i think we also have to take that leap of faith and believe that we have a legal system that is stronger than all of this, that the people around here who are celebrating the demise of anrily individual are going to be disappointed because it isn't necessarily a demise. trump did not look like he was surprised at all. some defendants look like they are heading to jail. he looked likeer he was headingo dinner. he really did not regist

in the 1930s, district attorney thomas dewey ushered in the era of the modern independent professional prosecutor. we're now nearly 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 jurists, local and state electeds, public servants and others. i want to phenomenal prosecution team, embodying the finest traditions of this office, alvin bragg thanking the team behind him. >> the prosecutors who won this case, but primarily opening by thanking the 12 everyday new yorkers, in his words, who served in this case, alvin bragg here in new york. for those of you watching world news, we'll have more on this harrowing scene in new york city and machete attack in times square that's coming up in a moment. and for the rest of the country, we'll see you a little later for world news as. this has been a special report from abc news news. a har rowing scene in new york city. a man was attacked by a machete in the heart of times square. the victim was stabb

in the 1930's district attorney, stewing -- attorney thomas dewey ushered in the modern office.ublic integrity work, including cases involving jurists, local and state electives, public servants, and others. 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 e doors by following the facts and the law and doing so without fear or favor. i want to conclude

in the 1930's, da thomas dewey ushered in the modern independent prosecutor.nearly 90 years, dedicated professionals have built upon that tradition. a major part of our practice during those 90 years has been public integrity work. including cases involving the tourists, local and state electives and others. i wanted think this phenomenal prosecution team embodying the finest traditions of this office . professionalism, integrity, dedication and service. they are model public serva nts and i am proud to serve side-by-side with them. the 12 every day jurors failed to make a decision based on evidence and the law and the evidence in the law alone. their deliberations led them to a conclusion beyond a reasonable doubt that donald j. trump is guilty of 34 counts of falsify business records to conceal his scheme to corrupt the 2016 election. while this defendant may be unlike any other in american history, we arrived at this trial in today's verdict in the same manner as any other case that arrives at the court doors by following the facts and the law and doing so

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in the 1930s district attorney thomas dewey 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 jury lists, local and state electeds, public servants and others. 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. twelve everyday jurors vowed to make a decision based on the evidence and the law. and the evidence and the law alone. they found donald j. trump is guilty of 34 counts to steal the 2016 election. 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 courtroom doors, by following the facts and the law and doing so without fear o

core to what we do at the manhattan district attorney's office in the 1930s district attorney thomas dewey ushered in the era of the modern independent professional prosecutor for now, nearly 90 years, dedicated professionals in his office had built upon that fine tradition a major part of our practice during that nearly 90 years has been public integrity work including cases involving jurists, local and state elected, public servants, and others 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 every 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 the first degree to conceal a scheme to corrupt the 2016 election while this defendant may be unlike any other in am

in the 1930s, district attorney thomas dewey 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 jurists, local and state electeds, public servants and others. 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 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 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 ultimate

going back to thomas dewey and a professional system, and saying, this is not a deep state. this is what the justice system is. it seems to me that you just have the embodiment of two americas. >> and the thing is that donald trump existed in a new york where mr. morganthol and in a n where alvin bragg's predecessors let him and his father get away with everything from tax evasion to all manner of misdeeds and he went unscathed throughout his life. this is a man who grew up with a supposedly law and order mentality who ran in 2016 on the theme, quote, lock her up. the idea that hillary clinton must be thrown in prison and promising to do that if he were president. lock her up. if he were inside the republican convention, as i was, and heard the guttural nature, it was frightening. to stand there and listen to the rage and hatred that his fans had for this woman they would never meet, that they do not know. the idea that she must be subjected not just to the criminal justice system, but to a blog. not put her on trial, not try her for a crime, not subject her to criminal just

in the 1930s, district attorney thomas dewey assured in their era of the modern independent professional office, 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 lead them to a unanimous conclusion beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant, donaldj reasonable doubt that the defendant, donald] trump, is guilty of 34 counts of falsifying 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 as this verdict in the same manner as every other case that comes through the court from going following the facts and the law and doing so without fear or favour. i want to conclude by expressing deep gratitude to the nypd and the officers of, the officers of the office of court administration for securing the courthouse all of our safety, we to the c

morgan thaw, frank hogan, thomas dewey, i mean, the manhattan da's offices is really just a place that has always believed in prosecution as something that is not political. there's a big sign when you walk in the door, it's is that you see every time it's a quote, i think from hogan, it said, you can't play politics with people's lives and they really drill that into you and you're their politics have no place in there. and that's why this, this mantra of you bring cases without fear or favor. you follow the facts wherever they lead. and it's drilled into every single assistant that's in there. and i worked there for almost 30 years and that is so important to everybody there. and alvin bragg came in and and people were skeptical he was new and that happened when cy vans came to whenever there's somebody new people were skeptical and he was not afraid to that he was handed a case that other people thought he should have brought against donald trump. one took one look at it and he says, i'm not bringing that case. that was the criminal version of the case then letitia james ended up br

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and that was a reference to the famous or infamous dewey defeats truman election of 1948 when thomas republican governor of new york, was the hands down. all the polls, all the pundits, the press all said that dewey was going to defeat harry truman, the incumbent presidentn roosevelt's death in 1945. and so the two elections seem to be very close and at least in shock value. and that's when i began thinking this book, what became this? and it was it was over the course of, i guess three and a half years between that idea that night and the time when the book was published by university of california press that so sort of relatively fast timeline is or a book which is based on academic research and but talks to a variety of audiences as well because you know that's one of the things i really do like about it. it's it's it's full of detail an interesting sort of historical facts and comparisons, but it's also really, really accessible and you know, kudos to you for being up at 3 a.m. after the election. i was up at 3 a.m., but i wasn't wr book i think many of us can relate to that sort