Let's go to
Kara Scannell right now who just
just came
from inside the courtroom
of this incredibly historic day.
Kara?
Hey, Jake. Yeah.
So, you know,
we thought that this was ending
at the end of the day without a
And then the judge came back on
after saying he was going to exc
the jury.
He returned at 436, saying
the jury had another note.
It was time stamped at 420.
They had a verdict
and they need an extra 30 minute
The mood changed entirely inside
the courtroom.
Trump had been laughing
with his lawyer, Todd Bland.
They'd been talking a lot.
He was smiling.
It appeared
they thought that this day was e
without a verdict.
And then after the judge had rea
the note, everything changed.
He became very still.
He had his arms crossed,
folded across his chest.
It became a much different situa
inside that courtroom.
And then we waited for the jury
when they came in.
They filed into the courtroom.
None of them looked over at Dona
That is normal. They normally do
But they all walked toward
their seats, took their seats,
and then the court security offi
asked them to read the verdicts.
The foreman stood up with a micr
and he was asked for each count
if they had reached a verdict
and what it was.
And he went through all 34 count
saying guilty.
Then after that,
the court security officer asked
if this was a unanimous verdict
by all the jurors.
They answered audibly in the cou
saying that, yes, it was.
The judge asked if any of the pa
one of this individually polled
tot Blanch Trump.
Trump's lawyer, said
he did want the jurors
individually polled.
So they went through each juror,
each of the 12 jurors, one by on
and they each confirmed
that their verdict on all 34
counts was guilty.
Then the judge had
thank the jury for their service
He excused them and said that
he wanted to talk to them afterw
asking them to stick around
for a little bit
because he wanted to thank them
individually for their service
over these past
seven weeks of this trial,
since jury selection began.
So they were waiting in the back
for the judge
to go and discuss with them.
And then
the judge sent the sentencing da
for July 10th 11th, excuse me.
And then at that point,
he said there was nothing else
he was going to excuse them.
At this point, Donald Trump stan
We can now
finally get a good look at his f
His face was red.
He looked upset.
He had a frown on his face.
And as he walked toward
the well that separates
where he's
sitting into the common area,
the galley where the rest of us
His son, Eric
Trump, was sitting in that first
And so Donald Trump reached out
shook his hand vigorously.
And then as he's walking
past him, Eric Trump
patted his father on the back.
So kind of the most humane momen
we've seen in this trial,
this personal emotional interact
between the father and son.
As Trump
then walked
down the center aisle of the cou
and out into the hallway
where then he spoke to the camer
So, you know,
it was certainly a historic mome
and quite a dramatic moment
coming,
very unexpected at the end of th
which had looked like
it was heading toward there
not being a verdict.
So certainly a surprise
to Donald Trump and his team
and something that they
did not see coming
based on the change in their dem
And it's certainly
a serious moment for Trump
where he did look like he was up
with the outcome of this trial.
And, Kara, tell us, if you would
the jurors,
these 12 Americans, 12 Manhattan
in addition to the six
alternates who were asked to con
give up their lives for several
consider a very complicated case
And charges
came back fairly quickly
with this unanimous guilty
verdict of 34 guilty charges
making for the first time
in the history of the United Sta
A former president of the United
a convicted felon.
When they were sitting
there as the foreperson
read the verdict,
when they were being polled,
each one of them, all 12,
saying that they agreed
with the guilty verdict on all 3
Did they look at the defendant,
the former president?
Did they have any emotions on th
You said earlier that the presid
was looking at them.
What were they doing with their
When the
when the foreperson
was reading the verdict?
The jurors, I'd say half of them
were looking straight down at th
and others were looking at the j
I didn't see any of them.
Look at Donald Trump.
And, you know, as you noted,
he had craned his neck
so he could look at them
as they were being individually
None of them appeared to make an
contact with him
while they were sitting in the b
Throughout this whole
reading of the verdict, both
when the foreperson read it,
when they were individually poll
and then when they left.
So they did not appear to look a
at any time entering
or leaving the courtroom.
And as he was watching them toda
none of them appeared
to look back at him.
You know, in
this jury is all made up of New
But the foreperson is from Irela
an immigrant here.
There's a well-educated jury.
There were
a couple of lawyers on the jury,
some other executives.
So representative of New York
in many ways
in a jury of Trump's peers,
as he is a native New Yorker him
But there
appeared to be no emotion either
displayed on the faces of the ju
They were all pretty straight fa
no expression
throughout this whole process.
And it is something
that, you know,
they knew coming into this
that this was going to be
a significant historical trial.
And throughout the trial,
none of them had betrayed
any sense
of what they thought of the evid
or how they were reacting
to any of the witnesses.
They really kept straight faces
and they've had poker faces
on this whole time.
You really were not getting anyt
any revelations from them
throughout this trial, Jake.
Very wise.
What about the judge, Juan Mersh
who has been attacked
over and
over by the
defendant, former President Trum
now a convicted felon
by his allies in the media.
What was his reaction?
And also, if you saw any reactio
of the defense attorneys
or the prosecution,
what what they did during this
rather surreal moment
in American history?
You know, the judge had
brought the jurors in.
He seemed he's a soft spoken man
and he was even soft spoken
when he came in and had said to
you know,
initially he came in and said,
I'm going to excuse the jury at
today. I'll be right back.
And he left the bench.
There's about 15 minutes left in
He came back in at 436 and he sa
I have a note.
There is a verdict.
But he has maintained
this kind of cool composure
the entire time.
Then when he brought the jurors
and we're waiting in this period
for the jury to come in,
it is almost pin
silent in that courtroom,
everyone being on edge,
everyone waiting for the door.
To the right of the judge to ope
and for those jurors to walk in.
There was no discussion
amongst the parties
as we were waiting in this momen
Then when the jury came in,
you know,
the judge
essentially hands it over
to the court officer.
He asked them initially at first
you know, I have your note.
Is this accurate?
Is this your note
that you have a verdict?
The foreman confirms
and then the judge hands it off
to one of the court officers
who does the individual verdict
asking the four person
each time for count one. Have yo
And then he say guilty
across all 34 of those counts.
It was only after
all of that was completed.
The judge then thanked the juror
for their service,
said he wanted to talk to them,
he couldn't talk about the case,
couldn't talk about the facts,
but he just wanted to talk to th
because he knew that they had sa
a lot to be members of this jury
Hearing evidence for the past si
in what is undoubtedly
a very high profile case.
And these jurors know that that
they know where they are.
They know the attention on this.
As you'll remember
from jury selection,
there was a lot of
attention on whether jurors felt
that they were
being too exposed by the idea
that people knew that
they were here for jury duty.
So he wanted to take the jury ba
and to meet with them.
Now, this jury has been
essentially anonymous.
Only the lawyers have known thei
Even the foreperson signing
the verdict sheet
was just supposed to sign
with his juror number,
and that was
the judge
had done
that out of protection for this
So we do not know if any of them
are going to speak.
The judge told them
that all of the restrictions
he has placed on them have been
that they are able to speak
if they want to.
But he also told them
that they don't have to speak
if they don't want to.
Now, also, I would say the prose
as is pretty typical,
they kept a straight face
as throughout the reading of the
and they left the room
without saying anything or
showing any emotion Jake.