Trump will be sentenced based on his conviction in the NYC election interference case (Where the jury found he paid off a porn star to hide his affair from the public, in violation of either NY or US election law.)
The sentence could be anything from nothing to years and years of prison. It's up to the judge. One man. Poor dude. I would not want to be the "decider" on this one!
Make a *prediction* about the verdict tomorrow.
I think it will be Two Years Prison, but he can appeal before he has to go in.
I would make him go in right now. But, I don't think the judge is brave enough to deal with the fall out from making that call.
He has done *nothing* to suggest softening the sentence. Every sign he'd do it again. No "it was a mistake" or "it was my first time running a serious campaign and I have learned"
No, he has been convicted of being in contempt of the court. So let's see that contempt in the sentence.
@futurebird What they mustn't do is give him just a little prison time. A month starting now would might win him the election.
... or maybe I'm wrong. Maybe the only people buying his "help, help, I'm being repressed" line are cultists who will definitely vote for him anyway. Maybe the inability to campaign would let people slow down and think about what he's done.
Wouldn't the Brits send him back to us? He'd need to go to Russia or something.
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@futurebird @peterdrake He has said if he’s facing prison time he definitely would not fly to Russia. So he’s definitely considering it.
For the sentence, I think it won’t be jail time. I could be wrong, but this being his first criminal conviction (😡) means he is not getting anywhere near the max. I could be wrong. I want to be wrong. But I am assuming all we get from this is priors that will make his next convictions result in harsher sentences.
@peterdrake @futurebird keep your used presidents out of our fields, he's ruined enough acres of endangered wildlife here already.
We are doing our best to find a place to put him... OK? Not even Rikers really wants him. It's not that simple. :(
@malin @peterdrake @futurebird
I'm sorry if we aren't sending our best, but he did claim that we would call him Mr Brexit and Donald Trump is nothing if not an honest man.
Scotland would be the last place he would want to go
I would support Trump fleeing to Scotland, considering Scots have a scathing opinion of him
@peterdrake @futurebird
Self-deportation. I'll take that result. But, poor Scotland. Can they send him to Rwanda under Sunak and Braverman's scheme?
He might raise some money. But not the smart money from the rich people who just want those tax cuts.
That said I think he'll get to appeal. Even though I do not agree with that.
@futurebird ... and he's totally a flight risk. If they tell him, "eight years, report next week", he'll fly to Scotland and declare himself President in Exile.