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After conviction comes sentencing, but any time behind bars will be unlikely for Donald Trump. It’s not because his attempt to hide his tawdry tryst with Stormy Daniels in the
Acting Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan held Donald Trump in contempt for his violations of a gag order in his criminal hush money case. The penalty? A paltry $9,000. Nonetheless, the judge cautioned the former president that continued violations might result in “incarceratory punishment,” just as they might for any other defendant. We hope he’s not bluffing.
Consequences need to come now. There might not be a later.
The idea that slapping the cuffs on would somehow help Trump, with his efforts to delegitimize the process to hold him accountable, is bunk.
As of Thursday, under New York State law, the imprisoned rapist Harvey Weinstein serving a 23-year sentence in the upstate Mohawk Correctional Facility, became a completely innocent man, having his