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Some way, whether or not thats house arrest or jail? >> >> you know, i dont actually think that thats likely. hes 77 years old, hes a first-time offender, this is a nonviolent crime, so i think its a more likely outcome probably like something like a probation. and then also, you know, the authorities have to also keep the optics of this in mind. i understand that they took him to trial and it was a divisive decision to even do that, but its different taking him to trial than actually confining ...

Could trump go to prison and deciding the sentence the judge may away the underlying seriousness of the charges due to their ties to the 2016 lection as well as the decision to go to trial or accept responsibility by pleading guilty. jonathan, you and i spent a lot of time at this courthouse watching this whole thing play out with anything surprise you from a judge merchan? >> and noel. after watching him in court the very concept of jail for something like this would be otherworldly and ridicul...

Order. it isnt necessarily out of -- the judge hasnt said what the full force of it is, but you know, when you look at particularly, this is a state sentence, but we know that in federal sentencing guidelines, and there are some similarities here between that and federal and state, they look at the characteristics of the defendant, how have they been -- you know, all of this, what he is saying, his actions go into account. what is more interesting, though, and what i have been looking into, as i...

They deviate and what their recommendation is, they will give an explanation as to why. >> there is still more i had, the defense has to file a motion by june 18th on their punishment for the former president. the prosecution has until june 27th to respond out of sentencing date, or july 11th, that is just four days before the republican national convention. terry, if you have any expectations of what the legal teams will request in those motions? >> right, i mean obviously, we think the prosecu...

The person not able to vote for himself. obviously it depends on what judge merchan does when he sentences him. it is up to the judge to decide. >> many countries will not prevent him to travel to them. >> hes going to submit to a report. there will be a presentence report. that person is going to ask him everything about himself. he is going to have to answer all sorts of questions about his finances and his background. >> what is the purpose of that? >> the judge gets a report. it gives a reco...

Certainly push into 2025 as the trial judge awaits an appeals court ruling of weather fulton downey district attorney fani willis should be allowed to stay on the case. when and if the cases move forward, will the group the -- guilty verdict have any impact? >> what is significant about this, is donald trump in this case, the new york case is a first-time offender. hes got other criminal cases pending which in theory the judge could consider but i dont believe he well. now, once someone is convi...

Would no, of course, its not going to help him in. and the defense lawyers, im sure are not happy with him speaking about the judge like this in advance of sentencing. but remember hes hes running for office, so hes gonna do all these things to raise money to try to get votes and, and he sort of not caring about how its going to affect the sensing. i am a bit surprised at some of my progressive friends who are saying they think he should go to jail. remember hes a first-time offender, non-violen...

To be up to the judge. now some mitigating factors that judge could consider is trumps age being 77-years-old, and also the fact that hes a first-time offender. both sides the state and the defendant will submit memos to the court with a look at and then trump will also sit for an interview with a probation officer and theyll ask him questions like, what are your job prospects? what is your income? and then ultimately going to go back to the job? judge lets talk about the politics here. >> arrow...

Offender. his age, hes 77-years-old hold and he was convicted for a low-level felony. and consider this according to the new york law journal, than manhattan district attorneys office has prosecuted more than 400 cases involving falsifying business records since 2015 recent data shows just one in ten resulted in a defendant serving jail time if and again, a very big if trump is sentenced to jail time, he could end up at any one of several facilities in new york city including the notorious riker...

Accepted the case and they create some contours for absolute immunity and they send it back to the district court to determine what in the indictment should be included in the framework of the new law that they create, then it will not go to trial. and so we will know the answer to those questions in a couple of weeks here. congressman, donald trump will be sentenced in the verdict yesterday on july 11. it seems most of the legal analyst weve had onset it this is a nonviolent, first-time offende...