welcome to prime time weekend. i am nicolle wallace. let s get right to the week s top stories. the extraordinary moment when donald trump went from four times indicted ex-president liable for sexual abuse to defamation to suddenly in an instance in liable for sexual abuse and defamation. it is the start of a long legal odyssey for donald trump. the republican party has followed him willingly down the rabbit hole toward autocracy. the country now has to grapple with it as well. having already spent the trial in an environment completely out of his control defendant donald trump will be subject to the rules and processes of the criminal justice system. he has been convicted of a felony. his right to vote even on a ballot that bears his name is likely to remain only because of a quirk in his current home state of florida. the washington post reporting if the former president have been convicted in republican dominated florida or most other states, he would not be allowed to v
to do that you need to know about the financial wherewithal of the defendant. this is standard for any defendant. there is this process. he will be subjected to that. just to be clear, it s because of his conduct. it is not being imposed on him. he made the choice. he was given hour trial. the jury found that he did it. all of this is something every defendant who has made a choice, a poor one, and is found guilty is subjected to this. what the report informed judge merchan s decision about prison time ? absolutely. the judge does not have to follow it, the same way the judge does not have to follow the states recommendation or the defendants recommendation. with judge merchan you can be sure that he s going to make his decision and all of that is information that he gets. the reason is to have a separate body is because there is an arm of the court that is