and this is america's late news, "fox news @ night". breaking tonight, the city of san francisco flu the appeal to have been flagged for 60 years, calling it a tribute to america. the wife of supreme court justice flu there's a -- very same flag and it was called a symbol of hate. commonsense has thoughts on that. meantime president biden now on day four -- 471. not a number of days in office, it's the number of joe biden's vacation days as he heads back to the beach but not before slamming donald trump's response to his guilty verdict. >> it's reckless, it's dangerous, irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged just because they don't like the verdict. >> trace: brand-new tonight, peter do see following up on that. >> when trump says you are trying to bruise him, what do you say? politically he thinks you are pulling the strings behind the scenes doing all this to help yourself. >> i did not know i was that powerful. >> trace: meantime the trump campaign that raised almost $34 million in the hours after the verdict now firing back. >> can you tell us, donald trump refers to himself as a political prisoner and blames you. what is your response? >> trace: kevin corke live in dc with more on the political back and forth. >> reporter: good evening trace. a powerful ad indeed. president biden for his part says former president trump will be given the opportunity to appeal yesterday's guilty verdicts. thirty-four of them in all but he says as you heard there momentarily, reckless, dangerous, irresponsible for anyone to say it was rigged just because they did not like the verdict. >> the american principle that no one is above the law was reaffirmed. donald trump was given every opportunity to defend himself. it was a state case, not a federal case. >> reporter: later on the president, who welcome to the four time super bowl champion kansas city chiefs to the white house told our own peter do see he wasn't worried that something like that could happen to him in the future. but he wasn't so sure if this helped or hurt his gop opponent. >> you think this conviction helps trump in the election? are you worried this could happen to you someday great somebody comes up with some charges and tries to bring you into court after your term? >> i did not do anything wrong, the system still works. >> reporter: system still works he says in speaking of mr biden, 2024 election opponent, former president trump taking to truth social tonight blasting the verdicts, writing "in the political prisoner of a failing nation, but i will soon be free. november 5th, and make america great again." by the way asked also by reporters about the former president referring to himself as a political prisoner, mr biden turned around and as you saw there, trace, he grinned and cracked a smile. >> trace: kind of ought i have to say. kevin corke live in dc, thank you. [♪♪] the "fox news @ night" commonsense department has a bit of whiplash on this friday night, complements of the biden administration who said that president biden would indeed comment on the verdict in the trial of donald trump and then suddenly biden decided not to comment. but apparently the conviction was way too enticing and biden could not resist saying a few words. and if you did not hear, those few words included reckless and dangerous. biden was of course referring to donald trump calling the trial rigged. commonsense thanks rigged is a strong word, but is it reckless? the trial was clearly political, clearly unfair, clearly selective, but these days disagreeing with the left is an assault on democracy. riots on the left our social justice, rockets on the right are insurrection. the left follows the science, the right endangers lives. democrat lies are badges of honor, republican lies are lies. san francisco, a democratic city, flies the appeal to have been flagged for 60 years and it's a tribute to american history. the wife of a conservative supreme court justice flies the very same flag and it's a symbol of hate. commonsense thanks it's no surprise that biden is framing this election as a battle between good and evil, and you can guess who wears a white hat. kind of makes things feel a bit i don't know rigged. let's bring an independent women's law center director former trump white house attorney may mailman along with attorney and rnc surrogate mehek cooke. thank you for coming on. may, to you first, biden says if you disagree with the verdict it is reckless and dangerous. what do you say? >> i can't believe that president biden would say such a thing because the democrats have been relentlessly attacking the supreme court, so you can argue that the supreme court should be packed, you could argue that justice alito can't fly flags. the most common flag inside the capital on generally six was the american flag right side up so i assume no one can fly the american flag right side up either so you can relentlessly attack the supreme court but you can't attack a judge in new york actually donated to democrats. makes no sense. >> trace: a very good point because i was going to bring up the same thing. he was asked by the way as he walked offstage this, and listen and then we will play this smirk one more time. watch this in it's full. >> mr president, can you tell us, sir, donald trump refers to himself as a political prisoner and blames you directly, what is your response to that, sir? do you think the conviction will have an impact on the campaign? we would love to here your thoughts. >> trace: i said this earlier, mehek, to kevin corke, it's very odd, i guess that's the best phrase i can come up with. >> will i have to say this was rigged. this was rigged from the very get-go, the fix was in, the table was tilted, this entire case was rigged. you have a rigged and rogue da that has been running on getting trump, and that's what he did. he resurrected a conviction based on a misdemeanor, which by the way into hundred 30 years in new york has not been tried. you had a partisan judge who donated two different times, any american can look this out, you don't need a law degree to see he donated twice to joe biden. his daughter is making millions of dollars. he gave jury instructions that were confusing. let's be clear, and nda, a settlement agreement is not illegal, it is legal. every attorney engages in this in america so this was rigged and that's not my legal opinion, that is a fact. >> trace: yeah. sounds like you think it was rigged, mehek, i'm just saying. here's trump on the trial itself. watch. >> it's a rigged -- it was a rigged trial. i'm honored to be involved in it because somebody has to do it and i might as well keep going and be the one, but i'm very honored to be involved because we are fighting for our constitution. >> trace: fighting for the constitution, may mailman, and apparently it's resonating because they raised some 52 million over the past 24 hours. >> yeah, this is usually powerful. the biggest day for democrats was the day that the abortion decision came out and democrats raised $20 million. you saw how powerful that was during the midterms. so this is more than double that and just one person. so i think you can see how passionate people are and how fat potentially is going to turn into the box success. >> trace: and here's the new strategy, mehek. i want to put this up, this is from the trump website where he calls himself a political prisoner. what do you think of this strategy? >> well, trace, i think president trump is right. we are living in lawlessness under joe biden right now. we have allowed 12 million illegal immigrants, 250 known terrorists, a one pill can kill chinese fentanyl, so we are all prisoners under joe biden until we don't get safety and security in america, we will be political prisoners, every single person that disagrees with biden or any democrat is a grave threat now and we have to be very careful and make sure that we vote early for president trump if we want to win. we cannot take anything for granted as republicans, we have to act like we are ten points behind. this is just the beginning. >> and that by the way has become a mantra for republicans. vote early. in 2020 it was like the day of, now gets get out and vote early. may mailman, mehek cooke, thank you both. the former president fired back with a defiant news conference at trump tower including a promise to appeal the verdict. nate foy continuing his relentless coverage, live in our new york studio. good evening. >> reporter: good evening trace. for a lot of the reasons that you just discussed, former president donald trump promises to appeal yesterday's verdict and here's how that will work. he will have 30 days to do it. after his sentencing hearing on july 11th. today at trump tower the former president criticized judge one merchan calling him a tyrant for imposing a gag order on him and refusing to allow the full testimony of former fec commissioner brad smith. >> we are going to be appealing it on many different things. he would not allow us to have witnesses, he would not allow us to talk or do anything. the judge was a tyrant. i'm willing to do whatever i have to do to save our country and to save our constitution. >> trace: >> reporter: so the deadline for posttrial motions is in under two weeks but trump's attorneys indicate one of the reasons for appeal is a perception of merchan's bias. the judge donated $35 to democrats back in 2020, including $15 to then candidate joe biden. merchan's daughter also works for a democratic political campaign firm. but the state commission on judicial conduct already dismissed an ethics complaint about merchan. trump lawyers may also revisit key rulings from merchan during the trial like denying a mistrial motion after salacious testimony from adult film actress stormy daniels. the defense may also challenge the trials overall fairness given it's publicity and trump's status as a celebrity and former president. the prosecution's star witness michael cohen's credibility is also expected to be questioned. so come july 11th, trump faces possible jail time, fines or probation, but an appellate court could suspend or delay the execution of his sentence until after the appeals process is over, which is expected to happen after the november election. >> trace: sensing in 41 days. -- sentencing. let's bring in the former lieutenant governor and attorney general of idaho david leroy. attorney general, thank you for coming on, we appreciate your time. the wall street journal had the following op-ed saying "a guilty verdict for trump and its consequences for the country." it goes on to read "out conviction sets a precedent of using legal cases, no matter how sketchy, to try to knock out political opponents, including former precedence." in your estimation, sir, how dangerous is this for the country? >> well it's a grave difficulty for the country. it doesn't destroy the criminal justice system but it does deal at a significant injury. political prosecutors are in grave danger, whether they are targeting specific individuals for political purposes or whether they are even not prosecuting certain crimes, like shoplifting. a prosecutors job is to see that justice is done, not to gain convictions. beginning, middle and end of a prosecution is to obtain a political conviction that results in a political disruption. that is a very significant injury to the system. >> trace: it really is. of former precedence attorney was talking about the appeals process. he said this, and i will get your response, watch. >> nobody knew what the underlying basis for felon immunization was until at the earliest of the charging conference. that is a bizarre spectacle to be on trial where you don't really know the government's theory until the end of the case >> trace: it was kind of bizarre because you look at this and you think it was almost like let's make a deal in the courtroom. if you did not like crime numbed door number 2. crime number 2. it was the most bizarre thing i've seen in the legal world. >> the case started out that way. the charging documents weren't specific. the evidence wasn't specific and we still don't know upon what basis either collectively or individually the jurors convicted donald trump. that is one reason i am more optimistic about a possible appellate victory at the first or the second level in the new york courts back because the issues are so glaringly wrong and because it has to be done in writing, there's no place for the judges to hide. >> trace: i have to go but i want to know, jail time, yes or no? it's unusual to give somebody like this jail time but the whole trial has been unusual. >> when we convict somebody of 34 felonies, we expect a significant period at the penitentiary. anything less will show you quite graphically that this thing was a farce. >> trace: yeah. thank you david leroy, we appreciate your time. meantime mainstream media's wall-to-wall coverage culminating in what became a celebration of sorts after the guilty verdicts were red. matt finn is live with that part of the story. good evening. >> reporter: trace, so members of the media have not been able to contain their excitement over former president trump's conviction and here are some of the ladies of the view. >> i was at costco buying, you know, ten boxes of coffee. my watch started to buzz and i got so excited i started leaking a little bit. i felt like america won. i felt like new york won. i felt like the manhattan das office won. i felt like i won. >> trace: here's trump opponent adam schiff and host of morning show on msnbc. >> trump and his maga followers are digging in, trying to tear down the system. >> there's going to be violence, there's going to be trouble. this is wrong. there's going to be some problems here, maybe some violence, and this president, former president, should not have done what he did. >> i don't think he has a problem with the concept of violence. >> reporter: the view and cnn discussing the prospect of former president trump going to jail. >> if we are going to treat this man, who used to be president, like everybody else, you are convicted of felonies, you have to do a little bit of time. >> i spent this morning speaking to someone from the manhattan district attorney's office. he they will recommend a one year term in prison. when you spend a year in prison in new york, you serve in rikers island. >> reporter: i think alvin bragg is going to ask for a sentence of incarceration and i think judge merchan will very seriously way that. >> reporter: former president trump's sentencing is scheduled for july 11th, trace. >> trace: we will be there, good to see you. let's bring in news busters managing editor curtis houck and the federalist staff contributor evita duffy-alfonso, thank you for coming on. i have to play it one more time just because it's worth watching. this is the ladies of the view with their embarrassing take on this. watch. >> i was gets a phrenic because part of me was like yea and part of me was like you know what this is really serious. -- schizophrenic -- i did not feel sombre. i felt like the next won the tournament. >> my watch started to buzz and i got so excited i started leaking a little bit. >> he's going to do and say anything he can to get elected so buckle up because it's retribution ahead. >> trace: she used to work for him, that's the thing. it's amazing. they could not care less about the facts of this case. this was all about get trump, i don't care what the cost. >> that's exactly right. of course it's the view, which is supposed to be a diversity of opinions, and there's no diversity of opinions on the view, there never is. but here's the deal, trace, you have young people and minorities turning away from democrats in droves and this rhetoric from the view and from other democrats in the corporate media is not helping. for minorities and specifically has panicked, they are looking at what happened to drop in getting flashbacks of venezuela, cuba, totalitarian regimes that they left. young people on the other hand are really animated by cause up but they can't even tell you where it is on a map. they are really i think showing that they are disillusioned with the system, that their futures are being destroyed by this system that was created by biden and democrats in general and so this rhetoric from the people on the view is not resonating with the people that democrats need to win over if they have a chance at winning in november. >> trace: i think it's worth playing morning joe grew again because the only people who talked of you are the people on morning show. watch, curtis. >> they degrade themselves and they slander america. it hurts to sea people hate america. this is a reason to stop and think and maybe even get depressed over the reaction on the other side. the anti-americanism that filled the air last night. >> trashing this incredible institution is appalling and shame on them. >> trace: curtis, you have to love the drama coming out of there because now descent and it does agreement in america, it's anti-american, it's an assault on democracy. >> yeah, i mean this coverage kind of reminds me of the judge alito controversy where i watch all these clips and i'm like to these people have hobbies? do they do things for fun? do they have kids or a spouse or a dog? do they like sports? i really wonder, what do they do with their free time because it so apocalyptic and it's so, like, doomsday nonsense because you have that and then you also have the more excited talk on the view. too much excitement. it's bizarre. they don't quite know what they want to do in reacting to the verdict. >> trace: i want to read this and i need quick answers because i only have a few minutes but this is from new york magazine, this is the lead legal guy at cnn and he writes, the charges against trump were obscure and nearly entirely unprecedented, in fact no state prosecutor in new york, wyoming, anywhere has overcharged federal election laws as a direct or predicate state crime against anyone for anything, none, ever. prosecutors get their man for now at least but they also contorted the law in an unprecedented manner in their quest to snare their prey. he might not be invited back on cnn. >> yeah, i think that people know that this is unprecedented. i think they are viewing this as a political persecution against them in the same way that it is against trump. this is a man who represents antique globalism and all the things that the state, that the elites in media and our other institutions believe in, and they are realizing that this is the same persecution against them. >> trace: meantime today new york times right several major networks cut away from former president donald trump on friday during an appearance that had been promoted as a news conference. i mean biden told 15 allies in 18 minutes, curtis, on cbs. totally fine. trump, cut away. don't let him talk. >> abc and cbs did not even carry it networked special reports on it. i mean they carried price is right and that nonsense we were playing on the view instead. that's interesting because as i noted in a piece that ran on fox news.com and news busters, there were 640 minutes on this trial during the broadcast networks and then through this morning it went up to 780 minutes. so you spent all of this time on the trial but to let the man at the center of it being charged speak? no thanks. >> trace: again, assault and democracy, curtis, thank you to you both. just ahead a stark reminder in a georgia courtroom today of the biden administration's border policy failures is the illegal immigrant accused of murdering georgia nursing student lakin riley says that he is not guilty. and later in the nightcap, after a trial in which critics claim his rulings greatly favored the prosecution, will judge juan merchan actually sentence fo