Trump Trial… Donald Found Guilty!
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump has been convicted on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in his historic criminal trial in New York. He called the verdict a “disgrace” and maintained his innocence - the sentencing happens on 11 July.
HOST: * Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent
GUESTS: * Kayla Epstein, BBC reporter covering the trial in New York * Madeline Halpert, BBC reporter covering the trial in New York * Miles Taylor, former chief of staff at Department for Homeland Security
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This episode was made by Tim Walklate with Catherine Fusillo and Claire Betzer. The technical producer was Dafydd Evans. The series producer is Purvee Pattni. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | It's been a long day here in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:07.2 | A day that started at 730 this morning |
| 0:09.0 | when I was talking about the Donald Trump criminal court case |
| 0:12.3 | before a verdict has been reached and now it is the |
| 0:15.9 | evening after Donald Trump has been found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business |
| 0:21.8 | records in the first degree the first time a U.S. President, |
| 0:26.0 | former U.S. President, future U.S. President has been found guilty of a felony. |
| 0:30.8 | It has been a historic week here in Washington DC and in New York and we're just |
| 0:36.5 | starting to come to the grips with the political and the legal fallout of what just happened. |
| 0:42.6 | So here's what Donald Trump had to say to reporters |
| 0:45.5 | right after the verdict came down. |
| 0:47.6 | He wasn't particularly happy. |
| 0:50.0 | This was a rigged disgraceful trial. |
| 0:53.6 | The real verdict is going to be November 5th by the people. |
| 0:58.8 | And they know what happened here and everybody knows what happened here. |
| 1:02.5 | Welcome to AmeriCast in court. |
| 1:05.1 | America. |
| 1:07.5 | AmeriCast. |
| 1:08.3 | AmeriCast from BBC News. |
| 1:10.6 | The first ever criminal trial of a former president of these United States. |
| 1:14.4 | Trump is facing 34 felony charges related to so-called hush money payments to |
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