One of Donald
Trump
's lawyers has told the BBC 'nothing will change' his fight for the White House - despite the former president being convicted following an historic trial in New York. Jurors found Mr
Trump
guilty on Thursday of falsifying business records to conceal hush money payments made to former porn star
Stormy
Daniels
during the 2016 presidential election campaign. Mr
Trump
became the first US president to be convicted of a crime, but he has said the trial was rigged and the prosecution was politically orchestrated.
Alina
Habba
has told Sunday with
Laura Kuenssberg
the former president is a 'victim of political, selective prosecution'. Following the seven-week trial at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse, Mr
Trump
was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records. Mr
Trump
will be sentenced on 11 July. However, he confirmed he will be appealing against his criminal convictions. Ms
Habba
, 40, sat alongside Mr
Trump
during the trial and said even if jailed, Mr
Trump
will still stand in the US presidential election in November. 'We have seen some corruption in this country that frankly has never seen before in our judicial system,' Ms
Habba
told Sunday with
Laura Kuenssberg
. 'It is very real, it is not posturing by any means, it is 100% a problem that this country is going to have to handle and get a grapple on in November. 'He is running for president, nothing will change there. The people that need him in this country, because frankly it's more important than anything anybody else thinks. Our people are speaking loudly, they're donating, they're small donors, and they are standing up because they are afraid, because we cannot have this happen to us.' In remarks at
Trump
Tower in New York on Friday, Mr
Trump
spoke for more than 30 minutes and angrily attacked his political opponents, the jury and the judge in his case. He called Judge
Juan Merchan
, who presided over his trial, a 'tyrant' and claimed that he 'literally crucified' witnesses. In response, President
Joe
Biden
's campaign described Mr
Trump
as unhinged and thirsting for revenge. 'That's how the American system of justice works,' Mr
Biden
said, adding it was 'reckless' and 'irresponsible' for anyone to suggest the trial was rigged. Mr
Trump
's unprecedented conviction has entrenched bitter divisions in the US, in the run-up to November's vote. Prosecutors successfully laid out a case Mr
Trump
was afraid Ms
Daniels
would fatally harm his 2016 presidential campaign by going public with an alleged sexual encounter, prompting him to pay her - then illegally hide the transaction. Mr
Trump
denied these allegations. Ms
Daniels
herself gave evidence. In another development since the convictions, her lawyer told ABC News Ms
Daniels
wore a bulletproof vest when she went to the New York courthouse. Clark Brewster said: 'It's so vicious and threatening and so I think from the standpoint of just the fear of what somebody might do,' he said of the atmosphere for Ms
Daniels
. 'It was really fear.' In exclusive comments to the Daily Mirror, Ms
Daniels
said Mr
Trump
should be jailed or used as 'the volunteer punching bag at a women's shelter'. She told the paper: 'It's not over for me. It's never going to be over for me.
Trump
may be guilty, but I still have to live with the legacy.' Also on Saturday, the
Trump
campaign sent out a text message to supporters - one of more than a dozen sent since the verdict - which read in part: 'They want me behind bars. They want me DEAD.' Some of his most fervent supporters, such as former
Fox News
presenter
Tucker Carlson
, have alleged without evidence there is a secret plot to assassinate Mr
Trump
. However, legal experts agree Mr
Trump
will not receive anywhere near the maximum, and will be sentenced to a much shorter jail sentence, if he is given any prison time at all.
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