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A baseball game. it doesnt make a lot of sense to me. nevertheless, as danny articulated earlier, this is a first-time, nonviolent offender. and typically in new york state courts, a first-time, nonviolent offenders does not get a jail sentence. that said, continuing to yell at the umpire and denigrate the alpine the courts and the jurors and the system and the prosecutors is just a bad strategy. and one thing that joses look for at sentencing is what the defendant has to say because all defenda...

Put up the thing about what was said in the past and i guess were going to go through this sort of for tat takeaway to exercise. some are president, what argument do you have that will make this, judge say, im the prison sentence generally right here ill come on the books and records to books and records may be a first-time offender who 77-years-old with regard to go to with regard to an e felony. >> well, first of all, you can talk about any sentence you want. it aint going to happen. and if it...

Were lucky enough to get a conviction let alone 34 of them . and they bet the moment with the seriousness of purpose. this is not a group of people, despite what donald trump and his republican allies are saying, that relished this victory and are rejoicing in it. it was a somber and sad day for america that we have now seen a former president convicted on 34 felony counts. and you could see that in their faces. >> good punch to the country. dennis, lets talk about whats next. sentencing is july...

Then the sides will submit their sentencing memorandum. the trump side will unquestionably ask for probation only sentence. the real question for me and what im curious about is what the d.a.s office asks for. will they say, this is a political decision is asked for probation only. we won and lets call it a victory. will he ask for incarceration? i believe they will ask for an incarceration sentence in this case. the question is what judge merchan will do. there plenty of arguments to be made fo...

To a $5,000 fine and a maximum of a four year prison sentence, though, legal experts say jail time for trump seems unlikely for a number of reasons, including trump is a first-time 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 de...

Sentence. how likely are prosecutors to seek prison time? >> referee: is really ahearted question. i dont envy their position to be honest. whatever their predisposition is, i said this as the trial was going on and as trump was continueing the same sorts of comments and rants, he is increasing the odds that the prosecutors will ask for prison time and he is increasing the odds that judge merchan would send him to prison for a period of time. i dont want to say it is more likely than not. but th...

Is always wonderful to start my day with you the big issue everyone is questioning whether or not donald trump will be sentenced to some prison time. 34 felonies it is at the discretion of the judge whether or not there will be incarceration. as the defense attorney you can never guarantee to your client once they are convicted they wont have jail time. lets unpack that. donald trump is the first time offender. no criminal history. there has to be a probation report he has to undergo just like a...

The verdict answered a lot of questions, but a big one remains, what happens next? i spoke to our north america correspondent, who had the answers to some of your most pressing questions. the first, can mr trump still run for president as a convicted felon? yes, surprisingly he can. there is nothing in the us constitution that prevents us citizens with a criminal record or in prison from running for the presidency. the second question, what sentence could he face onjuly ii? its possible he could...

People will allow this process to work through and same time, i will say think its unlikely that the judge sentences into prison. its just logistically almost impossible if frankly, a little bit regular sentencing grandmothers. this is the lowest grade a felony. hes a non-violent offender. hes a first offender. theres no likelihood of a repeat of this hit on this charge and hes the former president in states and hes entitled to secret service protection even as a convicted felon. >> he hes entit...

Options on the table, and there are many number ranging from prison time to finds. what do you think might happen on that date, onjuly 11? you think might happen on that date, onjuly11? what will we see here? date, on july 11? what will we see here?— see here? its somewhat complicated, _ see here? its somewhat complicated, carl, - see here? its somewhat i complicated, carl, because see here? its somewhat - complicated, carl, because a normal nonviolent offender first time, first time, like don...