donald trump becomes the first american president convicted of a felony after a new york jury found him guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records. i did my job. we did our job. the only voice that matters is the voice of the jury, and the jury has spoken. it s reckless. it s dangerous. it s irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged just because they don t like the verdict. how will the historic verdict impact the 2024 race? the real verdict is going to be november 5th by the people. my guests this morning, former manhattan district attorney cyrus vance, tom cotton of arkansas, and hakeem jeffries. joining me for insight and analysis are amy walter, editor in chief of the politico report. leigh ann caldwell of the washington post. former white house press secretary jen psaki, and lahnee chen. welcome to sunday. it s meet the press . from nbc news in washington, the longest-running show in television history, this is meet the press with kristen w
he was careful, he was caring, and i think he handled a very difficult trial with a neutral with a neutral hand and gave the president every benefit of the doubt that he was entitled to under the law. quickly to conclude, donald trump have branded this case a witch hunt. you heard that in particular you have been critical of d.a. and alvin bragg and a key member of his team who was hired directly from the biden justice department. how do you respond to the criticism that this was a political prosecution? do you remember when michael cohen was indicted by u.s. attorney barrera in 2015? the president incoming president, president trump asked barrera to stay on and that investigation continued. so president trump fired barrera and he brought in a republican u.s. attorney, jeff berman, excellent man, great lawyer. jeff berman continued the investigation into the president, so the president fired him too. so this has really not been it s been the justice department under a democ
washington post. former white house press secretary jen psaki, and lahnee chen. welcome to sunday. it s meet the press . from nbc news in washington, the longest-running show in television history, this is meet the press with kristen welker. good sunday morning. i m peter alexander in for kristen welker. for the first time in american history, a former president has been convicted of a crime. this past week a manhattan jury concluded beyond a reasonable doubt that donald trump falsified business records in order to influence the 2016 election, finding him guilty on all 34 counts, felony crimes. mr. trump, who chose not to testify, instead vented his anger outside the courtroom, claiming the trial was rigged against him and vowing to appeal. this was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt. it s a rigged trial. a disgrace. they wouldn t give us a venue change.
the jury sentenced chacey to life in prison with the possibility of parole. she will be at least 59 before she can be released. if she s one of those people who doesn t have remorse, i don t know. you will live with it. it took me a long time to get over his phone calls that were not coming through. her phone still rings, but now it s a firefighters who work with her son. he always told me, if something happens to me, you will have a second family. i said really? he said you have no idea. he was right. truly right. that is all for this edition of dateline. i am andrea canning. thank you for watching. this sunday, guilty. this was a disgrace. this was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge.
would this case have been brought against anyone other than former president trump? yes, of course. this verdict in the case of people v. trump was a validation of the american judicial system. donald trump was entitled to the presumption of innocence. he received it. donald trump was entitled to a trial by a jury of his peers. he received it. donald trump was entitled to a vigorous defense. he received it. 12 jurors, 12 american citizens after five weeks of a trial evaluated the facts, the evidence, and the law and came to a unanimous decision as it relates to convicting donald trump on 34 felony counts. that is an affirmation of the american judicial system. this is america.