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thewayneLast Friday the sadly (for us) once and future president was ordered back to court in New York, and appeared via a video link from Florida. This occasion was to close the case: this occasion was for Judge Merchan to sentence the convicted felon, who was found guilty of all 34 counts of conspiracy other crimes of paying hush money to Stormy Daniels, porn actress, to try to cover up the affair that he had with her after his current (third) wife gave birth to their son.
The sentence bestowed on the weird guy was unconditional discharge. Basically it means that the conviction was not voided by the judge, but there's no real punishment to be imposed. No jail or confinement, no fine, no probation. Needless to say, the weird guy and his attorneys are still going to file endless appeals to try and get the conviction overturned. However, Judge Merchan did a heck of a job trying to be as scrupulous as possible to ensure a fair and procedurally-accurate trial to reduce the chance of error and an appeal overturning the conviction. It's going to be a big lift to get this trial thrown out.
I'm not sure what this does to his voting or gun ownership rights, also in limbo is his right to possess a liquor license for his properties. He's a convicted felon regardless of no punishment.
Regardless, the weird old guy will still go into the history books as the only president sworn into the highest office in our land as a convicted felon.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-sentenced-hush-money-trial_n_677965efe4b08d06b7289727
The sentence bestowed on the weird guy was unconditional discharge. Basically it means that the conviction was not voided by the judge, but there's no real punishment to be imposed. No jail or confinement, no fine, no probation. Needless to say, the weird guy and his attorneys are still going to file endless appeals to try and get the conviction overturned. However, Judge Merchan did a heck of a job trying to be as scrupulous as possible to ensure a fair and procedurally-accurate trial to reduce the chance of error and an appeal overturning the conviction. It's going to be a big lift to get this trial thrown out.
I'm not sure what this does to his voting or gun ownership rights, also in limbo is his right to possess a liquor license for his properties. He's a convicted felon regardless of no punishment.
Regardless, the weird old guy will still go into the history books as the only president sworn into the highest office in our land as a convicted felon.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-sentenced-hush-money-trial_n_677965efe4b08d06b7289727
