Special coverage: Donald Trump found guilty of all charges in New York hush money trial

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🗓️ 31 May 2024

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Includes the full, exclusive interview with the prosecution's star witness, former Trump attorney Michael Cohen.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to our continued special coverage of today's unanimous guilty on all counts verdict in the New York criminal trial of former President Donald Trump.
0:09.8	I am Rachel Matto. I'm joined here by my colleagues, Nicole Wallace and Joy Reed and Katie
0:14.8	Fang and Chris Hayes also Lawrence O'Donnell is with us. We're about to be
0:19.2	joined by the Star Witness for the Prosecution in this trial Michael Cohen is going to speak with us
0:24.9	exclusively giving us his first reaction to this verdict tonight Michael Cohen will be
0:30.0	joining us here in just one moment he'll be here with us live on set. It was
0:34.4	420 p.m. Eastern time this afternoon when the jury sent a note to Judge
0:38.1	one Mershaun. It said, quote, we the jury have reached a verdict.
0:43.2	45 minutes later at 505 PM, the jury was back in the courtroom and seated.
0:49.1	Defendant Donald Trump was there and seated as well.
0:52.5	Judge Mershahn then addressed the foreperson of the jury.
0:56.0	It went like this, the judge.
0:57.9	Mr. Fourperson, without telling me the verdict,
1:00.1	has the jury in fact reached a verdict. Juror number one, yes they have.
1:04.4	The judge, take the verdict please.
1:07.6	The clerk.
1:08.6	Will the four person please rise?
1:10.8	Have the members of the jury agreed upon a verdict?
1:13.2	Juror number one, yes we have.
1:15.2	The clerk.
1:16.3	How say you to the first court, the first count of the indictment charging Donald
1:21.0	J. Trump with the crime of falsifying business records in the first degree.
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