June 2 — Sen. Cotton, Minority Leader Jeffries, fmr. Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance, Jr.

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🗓️ 2 June 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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GOP Sen. Tom Cotton (Ark.) exclusively joins Meet the Press to react to the verdict in Donald Trump’s New York hush money case. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) discusses Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s accepting an invitation to address a joint session of Congress. Former Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance, Jr. gives his perspective on the Trump verdict.

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0:00.0	This was a
0:04.0	a disgrace. This was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge.
0:10.0	Donald Trump becomes the first American president convicted of a felony after a New York jury found him guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records.
0:19.7	I did my job, we did our job.
0:21.7	The only voice that matters is the voice of the jury and the jury has
0:26.4	spoken. And it's reckless, it's dangerous, it's irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged just because they don't like the verdict.
0:36.0	How will the historic verdict impact the 2024 race?
0:40.0	The real verdict is going to be November 5th by the people.
0:45.0	My guest this morning, former Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Republican
0:49.3	Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas, and House Democratic leader
0:52.9	Hakim Jeffries.
0:54.6	Joining me for Insight and Analysis are Amy Walter,
0:58.0	editor-in-chief of the Cook political report,
1:00.6	Leanne Caldwell of the Washington Post,
1:03.0	former White House Press Secretary Jen Saki,
1:06.0	and Lonnie Chen, a fellow at the Hoover Institution.
1:09.0	Welcome to Sunday.
1:11.0	Let's meet the Press. From NBC News in Washington, the longest running show in television history.
1:20.0	This is Meet the Press with Kristen Welker.
1:23.0	Good Sunday morning, I'm Peter Alexander in for Kristen Welker.
1:27.0	For the first time in American history, a former president has been convicted of a crime.
1:32.0	This past week, a Manhattan jury concluded beyond a
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