Despite criticism that Alvin Bragg’s case was small potatoes, the case is more substantial and more likely to lead to conviction than coverage has suggested.
Former president Donald Trump sits with his lawyer Susan Necheles during a hearing in his criminal case on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star in New York on March 25. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg filed the first criminal case ever against a former president. Despite criticism that the case was small potatoes, the case is more substantial and more likely to lead to conviction and jail time than coverage has suggested.
Comparing cases in which first-time offenders were sentenced to incarceration for falsifying business records in commission of campaign finance violations, he concludes incarceration would not be unusual punishment in this case. Since the judge in determining punishment would consider the number of other pending criminal cases against Trump and Trump’s behavior testify against him and prosecutors accuse him of mounting a coverup to win election.
Trump’s true comeuppance: His behavior could adversely affect the judge’s sentencing decision and the jury’s decision on guilt. After all, they will have to decide if Trump is the sort of person to flout the law.Trump continually plays the victim of persecution and election interference by an alleged “deep state.” But he’s wrong — and not only because he gets treated no worse, and perhaps better, than any criminal defendant.
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