As I described here, Judge Juan M. Merchan has scheduled the sentencing for Trump’s New York case for this Friday, January 10. Trump’s legal team has attempted to get the case overturned but instead of doing that, Merchan decided he would hold the sentencing this Friday but also revealed that Trump would not be getting any jail time or even probation. CNN’s legal analyst said that decision was strategic on the Judge’s part.
“It was a smart move by Judge Merchan to announce in advance that he is going to impose no punishment, and hold the proceeding remotely, because that undermines any effort by Trump’s team to argue in federal court that sentencing imposes some major burden,” said CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig said.
There’s a DOJ tradition that sitting presidents don’t face prosecution. The New York case is a state-level case but it’s unlikely…
