An MSNBC legal analyst on Thursday warned fellow liberals not to get too excited about the news that a Manhattan jury has convicted former President Trump in his hush money trial.
“There’s no need to pop the champagne yet because Trump is going to run against the establishment. Our job as lawyers is to help people understand how the establishment works and how justice was served today,” said Neal Katyal, a former chief deputy U.S. attorney.
In a historic case marking the first time a former or current president has been tried in court, Trump was found guilty by a New York City jury of all 34 felony charges of falsifying business records.
Former U.S. Chief Deputy Attorney General Neal Katyal warned other news personalities not to celebrate today’s events just yet. (MSNBC)
NY v. Trump: Jury reaches verdict in former president’s historic criminal trial
Katyal, the MSNBC legal analyst, argued that the fact that the trial had to be decided “beyond a reasonable doubt” among all 12 jurors was a remarkable development: “If even one juror had said that Trump didn’t do it, he wouldn’t have been convicted.”
“It’s like failing kindergarten,” Katyal suggested. “As a defendant, you have to work hard to fail a jury trial, and everything is going well for you, and that’s what Trump did.”
Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower on Thursday, May 30, 2024, after being convicted of 34 counts of first-degree falsifying business records. (Felipe Ramares for Fox News Digital)
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Earlier, MSNBC host Chris Hayes had praised the trial, saying, “The trial itself was a monumental achievement, and whatever happened today, the trial itself was an achievement.” He later added, “Whatever happened today with the jury verdict, the trial went well.”
Katyal praised Hayes’ comments.
“I think this shows that the system is working, but I think Trump’s next move will be, as he always does, to disparage the system, to attack the institutions, to attack the prosecutors, to attack the jury system,” he said.
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Fox News’ Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
