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 court room doors. by following the facts and the law, and doing so without fear or favor. many voices out there, the only voice that matters is the voice of the jury and the jury has spoken. manhattan district attorney alvin bragg speaking yesterday following the historic conviction of former president donald trump on all 34 counts in the criminal hush money trial. trump becomes the first former u.s. president in american history to be convicted of a crime. the verdict was read around 5:00 p.m. in a new york city courtroom after the 12 jurors deliberated for roughly 9.5 hours, two days. each of the 34 felony counts associated with a falsified business records pertaining to trump s reimbursement of his former attorney and fixer, michael cohen, for a hush money payment to adult film ac
many voices out there, the only voice that matters is the voice of the jury, and the jury has spoken. manhattan district attorney alvin bragg speaking yesterday following the historic conviction of former president donald trump on all 34 counts in the criminal hush money trail. trump becomes the first former u.s. president in american history to be convicted of a crime. the verdict was read just around 5:00 p.m. in a new york city courtroom after the 12 jurors deliberated for roughly 9 1/2 hours over two days. each of the 34 felony counts is associated with a falsified business record pertaining to trump s reimbursement of his former attorney and fixer, michael cohen, for a hush money payment to adult film actress stormy daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign, to keep her quiet about a sexual encounter she says she had with trump back in 2006. trump has denied her claim. sentencing is set for july 11th, just four days before the republican national convention begins
during jury selection. people who said they could not be fair, i m sorry, people who couldn t be fair said they could not be fair and were removed from the jury. the number of people said they could be fair and they were impaneled. and by and large, that s true. that s by experience. people really do listen to the facts and follow the instruction of the judge and if the facts are compelling, and they were in this case apparently, then you have a conviction. was it quick? it was relatively quick. quick verdicts tend to be government verdicts. quick verdicts tend to be prosecution verdicts but i don t think it was unduly quick. i think 10 hours of plenty of time to sit down and talk to your brothers and sisters on the jury and to agree on the weight of the evidence and to fairly deliberate the case. not unduly quick. and finally, jonathan, with regard to sentencing. look. it s always a bad idea before the first pitch to tell the umpire that he sucks. it s just not the way you want to go