LIMITATIONS. LET ME GIVE YOU THE GOOD NEWS. THE GOOD NEWS IS LAST NIGHT, WE JUST GOT A REPORT -- >> WE'RE WATCHING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN HIS FIRST LENGTHY REMARKS AFTER BEING FOUND GUILTY ON 34 COUNTS OF -- OF DOCUMENT RELATED CHARGES. HE'S AT -- THIS IS TAKING PLACE AT TRUMP TOWER. HE'S BEGAN HIS REMARKS WITH WHAT COULD ACTUALLY BE REGARDED AS POLITICAL REMARKS ABOUT VARIOUS THINGS THAT ARE PART OF THE CAMPAIGN FROM IMMIGRATION TO CAR IMPORTS. BUT THEN HIS TURN, OF COURSE, INTO GUILTY VERDICT AND HIS INTERPRETATION OF THE CASE AND IN SOME CASES FACTUALLY INCORRECT WHICH WE'LL GET INTO IN JUST A MOMENT. WE WERE TOLD THIS IS A NEWS CONFERENCE. WE'LL WATCH AND WAIT TO SEE IF HE TAKES QUESTIONS. AND IN THE MEANTIME, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR HIS REMARKS. LET ME BRING BACK LAURA JARRETT, AND LEGAL CORRESPONDENT DANNY CEVALLOS AND LEGAL ANALYST. A LOT TO PARS THROUGH HERE. A LOT OF CLAIMS HERE. LET'S PICK ONE. >> LET'S START WITH THE GAG ORDER. >> THE GAG ORDER. HE DID MAKE COMMENTS, OBVIOUSLY REFERENCING MICHAEL COHEN. THAT IS WHO HE WAS DISCUSSING. MICHAEL COHEN AND THE FORMER PRESIDENT CERTAINLY COVERED BY THIS -- >> SEE THE PURPOSE OF THE GAG ORDER, REMEMBER, IS TO PROTECT THE WITNESSES HAVE BEING ATTACKED. SO THAT IT DOESN'T INFLUENCE THEIR TESTIMONY. THE PURPOSE OF THE GAG ORDER, IS TO BE IN PLACE FOR THE DURATION OF THE TRIAL. AND WHEN HE WAS FINED BEFORE, FOR HIS VIOLATIONS OF THE GAG ORDER, IT WAS FOR MAKING REFERENCES ABOUT MICHAEL COHEN. I'M INTERESTED TO SEE NOW THAT THE TRIAL IS COMPLETED, THE ATTORNEYS ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION, IS HE STILL UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS GAG ORDER UNTIL SENTENCING. BECAUSE THERE IS AN ARGUMENT FROM THE DEFENSE SIDE TO SAY NOW TRIELT IS ORDER, HE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SAY WHATEVER HE WANTS. I COULD SEE THE PROSECUTORS PUSHING BACK ON THAT IF THERE IS STILL WITNESS INTIMIDATION. THAT IS A ISSUE. WE'LL REACH OUT TO THE DEFENSE ON THEIR POSITION. BUT HE'S OPERATING UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT HE'S UNDER THE GAG ORDER. >> AND WE SHOULD NOTE, HE HAS REPEATED SEVERAL TIMES THAT HE WANTED TO TESTIFY, TALKING ABOUT THE JEOPARDY THAT MOST LAWYERS WILL ADVISE YOU, IF YOU PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE, BUT AGAIN MAINTAINING THAT HE WANTED ALL ALONG TO TESTIFY. ANOTHER POINT I THINK WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IS HE REPEATED THE CLAIM THAT THIS IS ALL THE RESULT OF PRESIDENT BIDEN OR THE WHITE HOUSE. DEMOCRATIC OPERATIVES WHO HAVE MADE THIS HAPPEN. THIS WAS A STATE PROSECUTION. >> A STATE CASE INDICTED BY A STATE GRAND JURY, AND NOW A GRAND JURY -- NOW A JURY OF 12 IN NEW YORK FINDING HIM GUILTY. THIS WAS NOT A DECISION REACHED BY A JUDGE, THIS IS NOT A DECISION REACHED BY PROSECUTORS. THIS IS A DECISION REACHED BY A JURY. WITH NO CONNECTION, NO DISCERNIBLE CONNECTION TO THE WHITE HOUSE OR THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. IT IS A CLAIM THAT HE'S TRIED TO SURMOUNT FOR POLITICAL REASONS THROUGHOUT THIS TRIAL. >> AND DANNY, LET ME ASK YOU, HE ALSO WENT INTO A VERY LONG DEFENSE OF THE -- CRITICISM OF THE TRIAL AND WHAT THEY WANTED AND WHAT THEY DIDN'T GET. HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT GOT EVERYTHING IT WANTED. THERE TERMS OF REQUESTS TO THE JUDGE. IS THAT A FAIR CHARACTERIZATION? >> NO, NOT EXACTLY. DEFENSE WON SOME POINTS THROUGHOUT THE TRIAL BUT ONE OF HIS MAIN COMPLAINTS IS THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO CALL AN ELECTION LAW EXPERT. BUT EVEN HIS OWN ATTORNEYS HAD TO KNOW THAT WAS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE TO GET THAT EXPERT ON THE STAND. BECAUSE WHILE YOU CAN CALL EXPERTS ON ISSUES THAT ARE BEYOND THE AVERAGE KNOWLEDGE OF A JURY, LIKE BLOOD SPATTER EXPERTS, FIREARMS EXPERTS, FINGERPRINTS, THINGS LIKE THAT, SOMETHING LIKE AN ISSUE OF LAW AND JUSTICE MERCHAN SAID AS MUCH, IS AN ISSUE THAT THE JUDGE WILL INSTRUCT THE JURY ON. YOU CAN'T CALL GENERALLY AN EXPERT TO TELL JURORS WHAT THE LAW IS. THAT IS THE PROVINCE OF THE JUDGE. AND THAT IS WHY THE JUDGE DID NOT PRECLUDE THAT EXPERT. THE JUDGE INSTEAD LIMITED THE SCOPE OF TESTIMONY OF THAT EXPERT. AND DONALD TRUMP JUST ACKNOWLEDGED AS MUCH SAYING THAT THERE WERE AREAS THAT HE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TESTIFY ABOUT. THEY MEAT A STRATEGIC DECISION AND DECIDED NOT TO CALL -- >> BUT IS THIS ALL PAR FOR THE COURSE IN A TYPICAL CRIMINAL TRIAL. >> ABSOLUTELY. YOU DON'T GET TO CALL EXPERTS TO TRY TO DECIPHER THE LAW. THAT IS FOR THE JUDGE TO DO. >> I COULDN'T CALL AN EXPERT AND HE MAY BE AN EXPERT AND QUALIFIED AS AN EXPERT BUT YOU CAN'T TURN TO HIM AND SAY TELL THE JURY WHAT THE LAW IS AND WHAT THE DEFENDANT DID IS LAWFUL. THAT IS WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE JURY INSTRUCTIONS ARE. THAT IS WHY THEY ARE INSTRUCTED AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE JUDGE SAID. MAYBE NOT VERBATIM. BUT ESSENTIALLY, I WILL INSTRUCT THE JURY ON THE LAW. THEREAFTER, THESE ARE LIMITED AREAS THAT YOUR EXPERT COULD GO INTO. >> AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS CASE BEING ONLY A MID. IT WAS BOOSTED TO A FELONY. >> IT WAS BOOSTED TO A FELONY IN THIS CASE. AND THE WAY THAT THEY ATTACH THEIR WAGON TO A FELONY IS NOVEL. WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT BEFORE. WE HAVE SEEN PLENTY OF FALSIFICATION OF BUSINESS RECORDS IN NEW YORK AND OTHER PLACES BUT THE WAY THAT THEY WENT ABOUT IT, BY SORT OF LATCHING TO A FEDERAL VIOLATION OF CAMPAIGN LAWS, THAT IS NOVEL. THAT IS UNTESTED. AND IT HASN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE AND IT IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT HE'S RIGHT, THAT MANY PROSECUTORS DIDN'T WANT TO BRING THERE CASE, INCLUDING PROSECUTORS IN THIS VERY OFFICE IN MANHATTAN. BUT THEY ULTIMATELY DECIDED THAT THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY COULD BRING IT AND IT WAS VALID AND LEGAL. AND LE HE'S ALSO RIGHT, THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DID NOT BRING THE CASE. HE'S WRONG ABOUT WHY. BECAUSE HE WAS PRESIDENT AT THE TIME. AND THEY COULDN'T PROSECUTE A SITTING PRESIDENT. >> LET'S BRING IN SOME GUESTS WHO HAVE WORKED FOR BOTH THE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRAT ADMINISTRATIONS. HOGAN GIDLEY WORKED FOR MR. TRUMP'S WHITE HOUSE AS FORMER WHITE HOUSE DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY. AND SYMONE SANDERS TOWNSEND, A FORMER SENIOR MEMBER OF THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION AND SERVED AS CHIEF SPOKESPERSON TO VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US. HOGAN, WHAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR IS THE FORMER PRESIDENT DOING HIMSELF IN FAVORS? >> WELL, WHAT HE'S DOING IS TRYING TO DEFEND HIMSELF AGAINST WHAT HE DEEMS A RIGGED PROCESS. WE WILL SEE THIS PLAY OUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AND WEEKS. BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TOWN, NEW YORK CITY, IN WHICH THEY'VE NEVER MET A FELONY THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DOWNGRADE TO A MISDEMEANOR. AND THEY WANTED TO MAKE A MISDEMEANOR INTO A FELONY. SO I UNDERSTAND HIS RATIONAL AND HIS REASONING THERE. WHAT IT WILL HELP WITH HIM, THOUGH, IS SOMETHING THAT HE SAID, I THINK RIGHT BEFORE YOU CUT AWAY, IS WHEN HE POINTED OUT 34 DIFFERENT COUNTS HERE IN JUST A 12-HOURS HE'S RAISED $35 MILLION OFF OF THIS. MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY DEEM THIS AS AN UNFAIR PROCEEDING. FORGET THE PARTY. FORGET YOUR POLITICAL PERSUASION. SO MANY PEOPLE WANT FAIRNESS. AND THEY DON'T DEEM THIS CASE AS HAVING BEEN CONDUCTED FAIRLY. THAT IS WHAT DONALD TRUMP'S TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE. OF COURSE, HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT ISSUES AS YOU POINTED OUT RIGHT OFF THE TOP. BUT RIGHT NOW HE'S FRYING TO EXPLAIN TO THE PEOPLE WHAT HE THINKS HAPPENED IN THIS CASE AND WHY HE'S BEEN UNFAIRLY TARGETED AND THAT IS THE BATTLE FROM NOW UNTIL ELECTION DAY. >> HE'S NOT ALLOWED UNDER THE GAG ORDER TO REALLY GO OR MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT THE JURY AND YOU ARE AND MANY OTHERS HAVE CALLED THIS A SHAM TRIAL. IS THAT NOT A DIRECT REPUDIATION OF THE WORK OF THE JURY? HOW DO YOU ACCOUNT FOR THE FACT THAT NINE HOURS OF -- THEY WERE ABLE TO LOOK THROUGH THIS EVIDENCE AND MAKE THE DECISION THEY DID. >> WELL IT IS MANHATTAN. SO THEY DON'T LIKE HIM HERE. THAT IS PRETTY OBVIOUS. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL CALL THEM A JURY OF HIS PEERS. OKAY. I WOULD ARGUE IT IS A JURY OF HIS POLITICAL OPPONENTS. BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE HIM. THE JUDGE DOESN'T LIKE HIM AND QUITE FRANKLY WHEN I TALK TO REPORTERS IN THE ROOM WHO LEAN LEFT WHOSE NAMES YOU KNOW, NATIONAL REPORTERS AT BIG ENTITIES CALLED ME AND SAID IT WAS OBVIOUS JUDGE DIDN'T LIKE HIM AND THE JURY DIDN'T LIKE HIM EITHER. NO ONE IS SURPRISED BY THIS OUTCOME. >> LET ME BRING THERE SYMONE SANDERS, FORMER CHIEF SPOKESPERSON FOR VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. GIVE ME YOUR THOUGHTS -- WE HEAR ABOUT THE WEAPONIZATION OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM. HOW WILL THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN DEAL WITH THIS GOING FORWARD IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH THEY COULD TALK ABOUT IT AND HOW MUCH THEY WANT TO WALK PAST? >> SO I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR TWO THINGS. AND FIRST LET ME BACK UP AND SAY THAT, PRIOR TO MY POLITICAL CAREER, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME DOING JUVENILE JUSTICE AND CRIMINAL REAR FORM WORK AND THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WILL CRITICIZE A SYSTEM THAT IS PROVEN TO BE UNFAIR TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS, A LOT OF TIMES BLACK AND BROWN YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN. AND I DON'T THINK INHERENTLY CRITICISM OF THE SYSTEM IS A DEGRADATION OF THE SYSTEM. THAT ALL SAID, WE WATCHED AND COLORS AND I KNOW LAURA AND DANNY ARE SITTING WITH YOU AT THE TABLE, THE TRIAL AND SAW HOW THE SYSTEM BENT OVER BACKWARDS TO ENSURE THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT RECEIVED A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL TRIAL. JUDGE MERCHAN FROM THE BUDGE MULTIPLE TIMES NOTED, I'M NOT GOING TO DECIDE IF HE'S GUILTY OR NOT. THAT IS UP FOR THE JURY TO DO. I THINK YOU'LL HEAR THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN AND DEMOCRATS AT LARGE LEAN INTO THAT PIECE OF IT. THAT THIS WAS A -- THIS WAS A TRIAL THAT WENT FORWARD, THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, THAT BIDEN HIMSELF ORDERED AS PEOPLE ARE SAYING. WE ALL SAW THIS MAY OUT, READING IT WITH OUR EYES, WATCHING IT WITH OUR OWN EYES AND HEARING IT WITH OUR OWN EARS AN NOW THE JURY HAS SPOKEN AND DONALD TRUMP DID NOT TAKE THE STAND. I THINK YOU'LL HEAR FROM DEMOCRATS AN THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN AND I THINK PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THE VICE PRESIDENT MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT TRYING TO TIE THIS INTO THEIR ARGUMENT ABOUT DEMOCRACY. AND THIS ON TOP OF OTHER ISSUES. IT IS NOT ENOUGH FOR THE DEMOCRATS TO JUST TALK ABOUT DONALD TRUMP'S LEGAL TROUBLES. WHETHER THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT DID NOT REALIZE THAT EVEN THOUGH DONALD TRUMP HAS NOW BEEN CONVICTED OF 34 FELONIES, HE IS STILL ON THE BALLOT. THERE ARE NONE OF THESE COURT CASES THAT ARE GOING TO BAR HIM FROM BEING ABLE TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT OR FRANKLY EVEN BE ELECTED PRESIDENT. THE ONLY THING THAT IS GOING TO KEEP DONALD TRUMP FROM BEING THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS WHAT PEOPLE DO AT THE BALLOT BOX COME THIS FALL AND THAT IS SOMETHING IN MY TALKING TO DEMOCRATS OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR THEM HAMMER ON. >> SIMMON, LET ME ASK YOU, IS THIS GOOD FOR DEMOCRATS? NOT JUST THE VERDICT BUT EVEN THE TRIAL? THE FACT THAT THIS CASE WAS BROUGHT? IS IT HELPFUL OR DOES IT HURT DEMOCRATS IN THE LONG-TERM? >> I WOULD SAY NEITHER. IT IS NOT ABOUT IS IF HELPFUL OR HURTFUL FOR DEMOCRATS. PEOPLE BRING TRIALS AND CASES HAPPEN BECAUSE PEOPLE DO CRIMES OR. NO -- OR NOT. AND THEN DID THEY SAY THAT SHE SHOULD BE CHARGED AND THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS YES AND A JURY OF 12 FOLKS DECIDED HE WAS GUILTY OF NOT ONE FELONY COUNT BUT 34. SO I DON'T THINK IT BENEFITS TO TO GET INTO THE NITTY-GRITTY OF THE WEEDS OF THE MINUTIA OF HIS TRIAL. DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF 34 FELONIES. HE COULD SAY WHATEVER HE WANED ABOUT THOSE FELONIES. BUT THE PAPER DOES NOT LIE. SO OUR REPUBLICANS HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT THAT AND DEMOCRATS NEED TO NOT DOWNPLAY IT RIGHT, BECAUSE THIS IS VERY SERIOUS. THE UNITED STATES NOW JOINS OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES SUCH AS FRANCE, SUCH AS ITALY AND ISRAEL, WHO HAVE CHARGED AND GONE THROUGH TRIALS FOR CURRENT AND FORMER PRESIDENTS. THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR THE WESTERN WORLD. IT IS UNUSUAL FOR AMERICA. SO THIS IS NOT -- THIS SHOULDN'T BE DOWNPLAYED. BUT THIS IS NOT GOING TO WIN THEM AN ELECTION IN NOVEMBER AND I THINK DEMOCRATS KNOW THAT. >> AND HOGAN, MR. TRUMP CONTINUES TO MAKE THE ALLEGATION THAT THIS IS ALL BEING DRIVEN BY THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE. THAT HE'S PULLING THE STRINGS BEHIND THE CURTAIN. IS THAT SOMETHING -- IS THAT A NARRATIVE THAT YOU HAVE ADOPTED OR IS IT STRICTLY WHAT MR. TRUMP IS SAYING? >> WELL, I WOULD IMAGINE A LOT OF REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO ADOPT THIS. IN LARGE PART BECAUSE IN THE OTHER CASES YOU SEE BACK AND FORTH WITH THE PROSECUTORS GOING TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS. >> RIGHT. BUT WE SEE IT HERE. >> EVEN IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE RIGHT AFTER THIS, ALVIN BRAGG WAS FLANKED BY THE NUMBER THREE PERSON FROM THE DOJ. SO IT IS LEGITIMATE FOR THE PRESIDENT TO SAY, WAIT A MINUTE, DOES BIDEN KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS WAS THERE ANY OTHER COMMUNICATION AND PANELISTS WERE POINTING OUT THE FACT THAT THE HEAD OF THE FEC WAS NOT ALLOWED TO TESTIFY AND THEY MADE ARGUMENTS FOR THAT. I'M NOT SURE. I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY. BUT MICHAEL COHEN WAS ALLOWED TO TESTIFY ON WHETHER OR NOT DONALD TRUMP BROKE THE LAW. HE WAS ABLE TO ASSESS WHETHER HE THOUGHT FEDERAL ELECTION RULES WERE VIOLATED. BUT THE DEFENSE COULDN'T MOUNT THE SAME ARGUMENT. BUT SIMONE IS TRUE ABOUT SOME OF THEM. A LOT OF THIS IS BAKED INTO THE FINAL PRODUCT. IT IS ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT TO ADDRESS. THE WIDE OPEN SOUTHESH BORDER AND SPIKING CRIME AND DRUGS POURING INTO THEIR COMMUNITIES AND AN ECONOMY WHERE YOU CAN'T AFFORD GAS AND GROCERIES. THOSE ARE LAID SQUARELY AT THE FEET OF JOE BIDEN. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KICK THE IN THE TEETH BY THE FAILED POLICIES FOR FOUR YEARS AND THE DEMOCRATS RIGHTLY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS LATEST KNOCK ON DONALD TRUMP, TO FINALLY GET HIM, IS PROBABLY GOING TO BACKFIRE AND IT WON'T AMOUNT TO MUCH MOVING FORWARD. >> HOGAN, THANKS VERY MUCH. WE SHOULD NOTE, OF COURSE, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS BEHIND ANY OF THIS. LET ME TURN TO LAURA. YOU WERE SHAKING YOUR HEAD AT ONE POINT. >> JUST BRIEFLY, WE SHOULD BE CLEAR THAT WHAT MICHAEL COHEN WAS THERE TO TESTIFY ABOUT WAS THE ALLEGED CONSPIRACY AS HE SAID HE AGREED WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT TO DO THIS. AS HE WAS NOT THERE TO OPINE ON THE LAW OR TO SAY THAT THERE WAS AN ACTUAL VIOLATION OF LAW IN HIS OPINION AS A LAWYER. HE WAS THERE TO SAY, WHAT WE DID TOGETHER, WHAT WE CONSPIRED TO DOING TO BROKE THE LAW. THAT IS A SMALL DISTINCTION WE SHOULD MAKE. HE WAS NOT THERE AS A LAWYER IN THAT CAPACITY. >> MICHAEL COHEN WAS A FACT WITNESS AND HE WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN QUALIFIEDS IN AN EXPERT ON ELECTION LAW AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT HIS AWARENESS EVER WHETHER OR NOT WHAT HE IS DOING IS CRIMINAL. THAT IS NOT THE SAME AS DESCRIBING WHAT IS AND WHAT IS NOT ILLEGAL UNDER THE LAW. IT IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT AREA OF TESTIMONY. EXPERT TESTIMONY VERSUS PERCIPIENT FACTUAL WITNESS TESTIMONYCH THAT IS WHAT MICHAEL COHEN WAS. AND HE'S THE FARTHEST THING FROM A LEGAL EXPERT BECAUSE, OF COURSE, HE'S NOT EVEN A LAWYER ANY MORE. SO THAT IS NOT HIS ROLE. IT WAS NEVER HIS ROLE. HE WAS A FACT WITNESS. >> AND LAURA, WE HEARD FROM TODD BLANCHE EARLIER TODAY GIVING THE OUTLINES OF WHAT THEY MIGHT BASE AN APPEAL ON. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT HE SAID SURPRISE YOU IN. >> THERE IS PLENTY OF FERTILE GROUND HERE. THEY'VE RAISED STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS AND THE FACT THAT STORMY WAS ALLOWED TO TESTIFY AT LENGTH ABOUT AN ALLEGED SEXUAL ENCOUNTER THAT THEY SAY NEVER HAPPENED AND THE FORMER PRESIDENT AGAIN DENIED IT AGAIN TODAY. THAT IS A RIGHT GROUND FOR APPEAL THERE TERMS OF PREJUDICE. AND THE WAY THAT THEY SORT OF HOOKED THIS MISDEMEANOR TO ANOTHER MISDEMEANOR, TO MAKE A FELONY HAD NEVER BEEN DONE IN THE WAY THAT THEY DID IT IN THIS CASE. AND ALL OF THAT COULD BE GROUNDS FOR AN APPEAL. ALL OF THAT IS GOING TO TAKE WEEKS IF NOT MONTHS, IF NOT MORE THAN A YEAR. >> WE'RE GOING BACK TO TRUMP TOWER. HALLIE JACKSON IS STANDING BY. HALLIE, THIS WAS BILLED AS A NEWS CONFERENCE. IT WAS SOMETHING A BIT LESS THAN THAT. DESCRIBE WHAT JUST HAPPENED. >> Reporter: IT WAS NOT THAT. IT WAS A STATEMENT. IT WAS A SPEECH ESSENTIALLY. BY FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP DELIVERED TO MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA WHO HAVE ASSEMBLED HERE ON THIS HISTORIC DAY. I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT OF THE ROOM HERE. IF YOU HEARD CHEERING AND CLAPPING, IT CAME FROM A GROUP OF SUPPORTERS IN TRUMP TOWER AND OUTSIDE YOU HAVE ANOTHER GROUP OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS WHO ARE HOLDING SIGNS, ONE OF THEM SAID TRUMP OR DEATH. AND UNDERSTAND, I COULDN'T HELP BUT THINK AS I LISTEN TO ITS FORMER PRESIDENT SPEAK, THAT IN SOME WAYS THAT IS WHAT WE MAY HAVE HEARD TO A DEGREE IF HE HAD TAKEN THE STAND AND TESTIFIED IN HIS OWN BEHALF. I KNOW YOU'VE DONE SOME FACT CHECKING BACK ATHE STUDIO AT 30 ROCK. BUT HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO, HE SAID HE WOULD HAVE LOVED TO. HE CHOSE NOT TO. BUT YOU HEARD HIM TRY TO MAKE HIS CASE, A CASE THAT THE JURY FIRMLY AND CLEARLY REJECTED WITH THOSE VERDICTS. GUILTY VERDICTS ON THOSE 34 COUNTS HERE. THIS WAS IN SOME WAYS THE DONALD TRUMP THAT I HAVE COVER AND WE ALL COVERED HERE FOR MANY YEARS. IT WAS AN AIRING OF THE GRIEVANCES. IF THIS TRIAL HAS BEEN A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE DATE BACK TO 2016 AND EARLIER, THIS WAS FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP PICKING THROUGH HIS ISSUES WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, HIS PREVIOUS IMPEACHMENT, HIS TIME IN OFFICE, GOING AFTER PRESIDENT BIDEN IN A WAY THAT WE OFTEN HEAR AT CAMPAIGN RALLIES, LESTER. SO MORE TO COME HERE. BUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT DID ONE THING HERE, MR. TRUMP CAST THE STAKES OF THIS ELECTION SAYING THAT NOVEMBER 5th, ELECTION DAY, IS MOST IMPORTANT DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY. >> HALLIE JACKSON, THANK YOU. >>> THAT CONCLUDES THIS NBC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT. WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE AHEAD IN OUR STREAMING NETWORK NBC NEWS
