Welcome to the news hour. The fallout continued today after the historic conviction of

Donald Trump on 34 criminal charges in New York City. The former president and

the current president Joe Biden both spoke out about the verdict as the two men gear up for a rematch in November.

And as Lisa Desjardin reports, the Republican Party was quick to line up behind its presumptive nominee.

This is a scam, there's a rig trial.

From former President Donald Trump, a 33 minute speech of defiance,

one day after being convicted of 34 felony charges of falsifying business

records.

It shouldn't have been in that venue, we shouldn't have had that judge.

At Trump Tower, the Republican repeated grievances against the judge and district attorney involved in the case.

And he pushed at the boundaries of a gag order still in effect by blasting his former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen, though not by name.

He's a sleaze bag. Everybody knows that.

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee asserted his case was treated differently than any any other and he once again blamed the

Biden administration though with no direct evidence and without acknowledging his own team helped

select the New York jury that unanimously convicted him.

President Biden reacted to the verdict saying no one is above the law.

It's reckless.

It's dangerous.

It's irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged just because they don't like the verdict.

As Trump plans his appeal, his base spoke in dollars. His campaign said they raised nearly 35 million dollars

in the hours after the verdict at one point crashing a fundraising website.

I think they elected a president last night. The parade of Republican officials who had supported Trump in the courtroom during the trial

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