Attorney Andrew McCarthy discusses upcoming sentencing of the former president following his hush money conviction.

I can only get so erect.

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Downvotes because the guy they quoted doesn’t know a damn thing, he’s a Fox News columnist who says the judge will put Trump in jail to do a favor for Harris.

    • TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 month ago

      Yeah it’s an eyegrabbing headline but it means nothing.

      It’s a judgement from someone who isn’t involved with the case or even the legal system, he’s just making noise to drum up ire from Trump supporters.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Newsweek reporting on some rando on Fox making a completely baseless speculation?

    Gotta love the American media.

  • Yawweee877h444@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 month ago

    I think a prison sentence is unlikely for a first time nonviolent Class E felony," Syracuse University law professor Gregory Germain previously told Newsweek.

    Obviously very doubtful he’ll see the inside of a cell, but how glorious would it be if he did…

      • dave881@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        My understanding is that these sorts of white collar crimes don’t normally result in jail time for defendants with no previous criminal record, in New York state courts.

        I get the feeling that the number of counts doesn’t really matter here, because they are not really unique crimes. My understanding is that they brought 34 charges because they had 34 documents they thought they could prove in court were fraudulent, but it is materialy the same crime (deliberately mischaracterizing the nature of the payment)

        • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 month ago

          It’s 34 individual crimes that were committed as a pattern of criminality.

          Lets say a mass shooter runs and kills 34 people; that’s 34 homicides but a single trial. each one would be worth whatever time in jail.

          In this case, the usual punishment is a fine rather than jail time; and jail is only an option for extremely severe cases (or if they can’t pay the fine?) So, they’re just gonna stack the “appropriate” fines.

    • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      He might have gotten away with probation, but then he complained to Musk that if he loses the election, they would do the next interview in Venezuela. I bet that would raise some doubts in the judge’s mind regarding whether he would comply with the terms of probation.

      • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        1 month ago

        I really want to hear about him being in ADX Florence. Partially because we’ll stop hearing about him, partially because it would be amazing to see his more hardcore supporters try fail to break in there.