Donald Trump on Thursday became the first former US president ever convicted of a crime after a New York jury found him guilty on all charges in his hush money case, months before an election that could see him yet return to the White House.
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00:04 >> Mr. Trump, what do you have to say to the American people?
00:07 >> Mr. Trump, how does it feel to be convicted of violence?
00:13 >> Are you worried about going to jail?
00:15 >> I'm a very innocent man.
00:18 And it's okay, I'm fighting for our country, I'm fighting for our Constitution.
00:23 Our whole country is being rigged right now.
00:25 This was done by the Biden administration in order to wound or
00:30 hurt an opponent, a political opponent.
00:34 And I think it's just a disgrace.
00:37 And we'll keep fighting, we'll fight till the end and we'll win.
00:40 >> Guilty.
00:41 >> Count two.
00:42 >> Guilty.
00:43 >> Count three.
00:44 >> Guilty.
00:45 >> Count 28.
00:46 >> Guilty.
00:47 >> Count 29.
00:48 >> Guilty.
00:49 >> Count 10.
00:49 >> Guilty.
00:50 >> Count 12.
00:51 >> Guilty.
00:53 >> Health worker for Trump.
00:55 >> Health worker for Trump.
00:56 >> I'm thoroughly outraged.
00:58 The man has always supported gay rights.
01:01 He's always had my back.
01:03 And they convicted an innocent man today.
01:06 >> There's no crime from what I can see.
01:09 And I think it's gonna make him more popular with the American people,
01:12 because they're seeing how he's been targeted and mistreated.
01:15 >> I'm feeling so happy.
01:17 A certain portion of my faith in the justice system has been restored.
01:21 The fact that this jury came back not with a split verdict,
01:25 not with guilty on some, not guilty on others, and it was a hung jury.
01:30 That he was found guilty on every single one of the 34 charges.
01:34 That's a victory for democracy.
01:36 >> I'm just really glad that they found him guilty and
01:39 that justice is being served and Trump is being held accountable.
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01:51 >> Obviously, nothing like this has ever happened before.
01:55 So we can't lean on the weight of history to understand what
01:58 the political ramifications of something like this might be.
02:03 But I think we know a couple of things.
02:05 The first is that the 2024 election was going to be very close.
02:09 What that means is that nearly anything could be pivotal,
02:13 could change just enough votes to make a difference in the outcome.
02:18 And something like this, these 34 convictions,
02:22 this could be the thing that is pivotal in this election that we think is going to be
02:28 extremely close.
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