The Lead with Jake Tapper

34 convictions, but what happens next? Donald Trump takes to the mic, airing familiar grievances and railing against the historic guilty verdicts in the hush money cover up case. We’ll tell you what the Trump team’s plan is moving forward. Plus, Sen. Rick Scott from Florida who is running to replace Mitch McConnell as the Senate GOP leader joins to discuss the verdict. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The historic verdict is in: Donald J. Trump, the 45th president of the United States, has been found guilty by a jury of his peers on all 34 New York State felony counts of falsifying business records tied to the alleged Stormy Daniels hush money cover up. The former president of the United States is now a felon. We bring you all the latest in this historic verdict.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donald Trump has been found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records. A former juror from another high-profile case joins to discuss what likely happened behind the closed doors today. We bring you all the latest in this historic verdict.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In just over four hours of deliberations, the jury in the New York hush money cover up trial is asking to hear read back of four parts of testimony. We bring you all the latest in the trial as twelve jurors will decide the fate of former President Trump.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donald Trump’s New York hush money cover up trial is in its final phase as the prosecution is in the midst of giving its closing arguments. The prosecution argued that Trump corrupted those around him and that he got them to lie and cover it up. This follows nearly three hours of closing arguments from Trump’s defense attorney who attacked one of the prosecution’s witnesses, Michael Cohen.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are less than 24 hours away from the defense and the prosecution making their final pitches to the jury in Donald Trump’s New York hush money cover up trail. How strong is the prosecution’s case going into this final phase? A panel of experts including a former New York judge join to discuss. Plus, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is claiming a military strike on Rafah was a tragic mistake.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The New York hush money cover up trial is quiet today but another case involving Trump is turning into a shouting match. Attorneys traded barbs in the federal classified documents case in Florida. This as Trump’s co-defendant accuses prosecutors of selectively and vindictively charging him with a crime. Plus, new footage shows the very moment three Israeli women were kidnapped by Hamas. This as Norway, Ireland, and Spain will recognize a Palestinian state.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The defense rested in Donald Trump’s hush money cover up trail in New York. The jury is expected to begin deliberations next week in what will be no doubt a historic ruling in the very first criminal trial of a former president. Plus, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joins live from Jerusalem a day after the decision by the International Criminal Court to seek an arrest warrant for both leaders in Hamas and also leaders in Israel, including Netanyahu himself.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices