good evening and welcome to politics nation. tonight, seizing the moment. the verdict is in. and donald trump and his republican allies are raging against it. along with the judge, prosecutor and even the jurors who delivered the 34 count felony conviction, that ended his criminal hush money trial. here in new york, last week and for the last three days, congressional republics have republicans have criticized the verdict or attempted to diminish trump s actions, parroting the former president s claim that the verdict was politically motivated and politically motivated takedown, in fact, by president biden, they claimed. in the background, if you can believe it, is an election unveiling in five months and while republicans are closing ranks around trump, president biden has an opportunity to reach out to undecided voters this week, as he lays out his plan on immigration and border security, and proposals of tangible cease-fire plan for israel s were in gaza. all of that ton
certainly push into 2025 as the trial judge awaits an appeals court ruling of weather fulton downey district attorney fani willis should be allowed to stay on the case. when and if the cases move forward, will the group the guilty verdict have any impact? what is significant about this, is donald trump in this case, the new york case is a first-time offender. he s got other criminal cases pending which in theory the judge could consider but i don t believe he well. now, once someone is convicted and specifically once they are sentenced, then they now have a prior record score and all sentencing or most sentencing are a function of the gravity of this particular offense, and the persons prior history. prior criminal history. which then would be a prior history of 34 felonies. exactly right and that could or will boost his criminal history