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USA Today: Donald Trump may never be sentenced for his 34 convictions. Here's why [View all]
USA Today - Donald Trump may never be sentenced for his 34 convictions. Here's why
Aysha Bagchi
USA TODAY
President-elect Donald Trump already has a lot to be happy about when it comes to his election victory, but here's another reason he can celebrate: his New York criminal sentencing may never occur.
The reasons range from the political firestorm that a sentence could fuel to the new legal defenses he can raise as president-elect and later as president.
"The odds of him going to jail are zero at this point," Mark Bederow, a New York City criminal defense lawyer and former Manhattan prosecutor, told USA TODAY. "He's not going to sweep subways and push papers and do community service either – it's just become untenable."
Trump was convicted May 30 on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up paying porn star Stormy Daniels to stay silent during the 2016 presidential campaign about an alleged sexual encounter between them. The potential sentence for the crimes could be nothing at all or it could take various forms such as community service or prison.
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Aysha Bagchi
USA TODAY
President-elect Donald Trump already has a lot to be happy about when it comes to his election victory, but here's another reason he can celebrate: his New York criminal sentencing may never occur.
The reasons range from the political firestorm that a sentence could fuel to the new legal defenses he can raise as president-elect and later as president.
"The odds of him going to jail are zero at this point," Mark Bederow, a New York City criminal defense lawyer and former Manhattan prosecutor, told USA TODAY. "He's not going to sweep subways and push papers and do community service either – it's just become untenable."
Trump was convicted May 30 on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up paying porn star Stormy Daniels to stay silent during the 2016 presidential campaign about an alleged sexual encounter between them. The potential sentence for the crimes could be nothing at all or it could take various forms such as community service or prison.
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