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The fallout continues from Donald Trump’s conviction in his Manhattan “hush money” case and the clock is ticking as we await his July 11 sentencing date. Most every legal analyst I’ve heard from has stated that under more “normal” circumstances, a defendant with no prior convictions who is found guilty of some Class E felonies would likely receive a fine of some sort and be released on their own recognizance while awaiting appeal. But this was far from a normal trial and Juan Merchan is quite an abnormal judge. Would he really lock Trump up over this in the middle of a presidential campaign? We can’t rule out the possibility. And if he does, legacy media outlets like the Associated Press are already writing Merchan a note to excuse him for the decision. You see, if Donald Trump winds up going to jail, it will be his own fault because he has refused to say that he’s “sorry.”
Donald Trump has had plenty to say since his hush money trial conviction last week.
He’s claimed the case was rigged, incorrectly linked President Joe Biden to the state prosecution, called the star witness against him a “sleazebag” and said the judge was a “devil” and “highly conflicted.
