'It will literally cause an uproar in this country. They cannot do it,' the former president's lawyer said.
Donald Trump's lawyer Alina Habba has warned of an 'uproar' if the former president is jailed after being convicted in his hush money criminal trial.Trump became the first former U.S. president to be convicted of a crime after he was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to adult film actor Stormy Daniels just before the 2016 election. Daniels alleged having a sexual encounter with Trump years earlier, which Trump has denied.
Hostin said she had heard from 'someone' in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office, which prosecuted the case, that a one-year prison sentence would be sought 'because when you spend a year in prison in New York, or under, you serve in Rikers Island.''First and foremost, why are you speaking to anybody from the DA's office?' Habba said.'Secondly, the fact is, I wouldn't put anything past them, Sean.
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