by Alex Lloyd Gross
Donald J. Trump has been convicted of all 34 charges regarding his falsification of business records regarding the Stormy Daniels payout. Trump was allowed to remain free but will return to court in New York July 11,2024 for sentencing.
He will have to meet with a probation officer and he will have to submit himself to an interview with pre trial services so his sentence can be imposed. These are felonies, albeit the lowest level felony on the grading system. The chance of Trump getting sentenced to prison is almost nil.
Alex Lloyd Gross-Delaware Valley News.com File photo- President Donald Trump in Philadelphia
That did not stop the US Secret Service from holding meetings with jail officials in New York, just in case. Trump, in his blistering remarks called the judge “corrupt” and reiterated some of his concerns about illegal aliens coming into the United States. He also said the the Biden administration was complicit in bringing the charges in an effort to beat him in the 2024 Presidential Election.
Trump is the only US President in history to be convicted of a felony. He will appeal this conviction. He may still be able to vote in the 2024 election from Florida, even though Florida does not usually permit convicted felons to vote.
Possible sentences for him include probation or even home confinement. They will be served ( assuming the conviction survives all his appeals) later.
Alex Lloyd Gross -Delaware Valley News.com File photo- Donald Trump prior becoming president in 2016.
Trump was convicted of lying about paying former porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 in hush money to deny an affair they had prior to the 2016 election. His former lawyer, Michael Cohen facilitated those payments. Cohen, now himself a convicted felon, served a brief time in prison and is no longer able to practice law.