JUNE MONTES. >>> IN JUST OVER 22 WEEKS THE AMERICAN VOTERS WILL HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. FOR THE FIRST TIME DURING A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN THE U.S. ONE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME. HOW WOULD THE HISTORIC CONVENTION -- CONVICTION OF DONALD TRUMP FACTOR INTO AMERICA'S DECISION ? >> MORE ON WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE UPCOMING ELECTION . SEAN FOREMAN JOINS US. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US. ? GOOD MORNING. NICE TO BE HERE. >> WE WANT TO DIVE RIGHT INTO IT. THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND A LOT OF DISSECTING THIS. CBS NEWS POLL SHOWS DONALD TRUMP IN THE LEAD RIGHT NOW. WITH THIS CONVICTION MOVED IN NEEDLE ANYWAY INVITE INSTRUCTION? HE'S BEING VERY CAREFUL ABOUT HIS REACTION. >> I DON'T THINK IT WILL MOVE IT DRAMATICALLY. IN ANY WAY. I THINK THAT THE POLLS ARE LARGELY IN WITH A LOT OF THIS TRUMP TROUBLE ALREADY ACCOUNTED FOR. RECALL WHEN HE GOT CHARGED BY [ IN NEW YORK OVER A YEAR GO, TRUMP'S NUMBERS ACTUALLY WENT UP. THAT STARTED THE COME BACK OF DONALD TRUMP AT ONE POINT WE THOUGHT HE WAS POLITICALLY DEAD IN THE WATER. RON DeSANTIS MIGHT BE THE NOMINEE. AFTER THE INDICTMENT TRUMP GOT STRONGER NOW AFTER THE CONVICTION WE WILL HAVE TO SEE WHAT THE POLLS SHOW. BUT THEY ARE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO MOVE MUCH . IF ANYTHING, HE MIGHT GET A LITTLE BUMP , ACTUALLY. IT WOULD TAKE ALL OF THE REPUBLICANS ARE SOLIDLY BEHIND HIM. THE TWEETS THAT YOU ALL SHOWED EARLIER FROM THE FLORIDA DELEGATION . I DON'T THINK MANY PEOPLE'S MINDS ARE GOING TO CHANGE. WHAT WE NEED TO WATCH IS HOW PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS CAMPAIGN TEAM REACT I THINK THAT WILL SET THE TONE OF HOW WE TALK ABOUT THIS CONVENTION -- CONVICTION MOVING FORWARD. >> I THINK THIS IS A TRICKY SITUATION. THE SENTENCING IS JULY 10th , I THINK, OR 12. >> 11th. >> JUST FOUR DAYS BEFORE THE NATIONAL CONVENTION. DOES THIS AFFECT THE CONVENTION IN ANY WAY? THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT MR. TRUMP MAY NOT BE THERE. >> THIS IS ALSO BIZARRE. IT REALLY IS THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH THESE STRANGE WHAT IT SITUATIONS HEADING INTO THE ELECTION. DONALD TRUMP IS STILL UNPREDICTABLE. WE WILL HAVE TO SEE HOW HE PLAYS THIS OUT. I CAN SEE THAT THE SENSING GOES FORWARD ON JULY 11th MOST PEOPLE ARE THINKING HE WON'T ACTUALLY GET SENTENCED TO PRISON TIME. HE MIGHT GET PROBATION OR FINDS. SO, HE IS FREE TO MOVE ABOUT. HE IS FREE TO GO TO THE CONVENTION. EVEN IF HE IS IN A JAIL CELL HE CAN STILL RUN FOR PRESIDENT. THEY CONSUME HIM INTO THE CONVENTION AND HE CAN GIVE A SPEECH. THE GAG ORDER WILL PROBABLY BE OFF, SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE MORE FREELY. WE COULD SEE DONALD TRUMP GET A SENSE AND FOUR DAYS LATER GET OFFICIALLY NOMINATED TO BE THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE . MOST REPUBLICANS RALLYING AROUND AND SAYING WE NEED TO SUPPORT HIM. THIS IS AN UNFAIR TRIAL. THAT SEEMS TO BE WHERE WE ARE HEADED RIGHT NOW. >> ON THE BACK END WE WILL SEE APPEAL IF HE DOESN'T WIN THAT AND HE IS REALLY SENTENCED AND CONVICTED AND ALL OF THAT, THAT PLAYS OUT. IF NOT UNTIL HE CAN STILL SERVE AS PRESIDENT, CORRECT? >> YES AS ODD AS IT SOUNDS, AND PEOPLE WERE REALLY CONFUSED ABOUT THIS, YOU COULDN'T BE GOVERNOR, YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO BE MAYOR IN BOTH -- IN MOST CITIES, BUT THERE'S NO PROVISIONS STOPPING SOMEONE FROM BEING PRESIDENT UNDER THESE PROVISIONS. NEVER WAS CONSIDERED. ALL OF THAT COULD HAPPEN. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY LOOKING TO REMOVE HIM AS THEIR NOMINEE, AND IN FACT THERE DOUBLING DOWN IN THEIR SUPPORT OF HIM. SO, HE HAS THE CONVENTIONS -- CONVICTIONS. WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE A CONVICTED FELON RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN THE FALL.. ONLY IN AMERICA. SEAN, ALWAYS GOOD TO TALK TO
