re: #100 No Malarkey!

We’ll see. Trump will stand convicted of up to 34 felonies, he has not demonstrated an ounce of remorse, and he hasn’t exactly endeared himself to Judge Merchan. That ought to warrant at least a year in prison, IMHO, but I know nothing about NY sentencing guidelines, if they have any.

If Trump had treated the case with the seriousness that criminal cases deserve, especially when you’re a rich and/or high profile defendant, then he might have skated with just probation and perhaps a fine. Certainly if he’d had his lawyers talk with Bragg back when the indictment was still fresh, he could probably have worked a plea deal and this whole case would be ancient history in terms of his campaign.

But instead, he’s bitched, moaned, and screamed every step of the way and that’s going to count against him. It’s virtually impossible for Blanche to stand before the jury today and convincingly tell a jury that he’s just a decent guy who panicked and did some legally questionable things. It’s only the decorum of a courtroom and the danger of the judge bringing his gavel down on your head that is going to stop that jury from rolling with laughter. His only real hope at this point is there is a pro-Trump juror in hiding somewhere among the 12.