re: #89 Nerdy Fish

Sincerely, I don’t believe Don Sr. is a drug (ab)user. Obviously, having no visibility into his private life, I can’t say that for certain, and we know that his White House administration was awash in all kinds of illicit prescriptions. I think the guy just truly believes that the justice system doesn’t apply to him, and the only way he’s going to participate in this “farce” is if someone makes him. Unfortunately, “making him” is the entire point of the law enforcement arm of the justice system, so there is every chance that he will end up getting hauled in for the probation interview - politely, of course, because the NYPD is perfectly capable of preserving a man’s dignity when it’s an affluent white man.

Probably not, because the presentence interview is voluntary, it’s not required for the court to move ahead with sentencing but failure to show up for one would get most other defendants swiftly kneed in the jimmies by the judge at sentencing. The most he’ll probably get is a call from someone in Judge Merchan’s office in coming days noting that he hasn’t scheduled or sat for an interview and failure to do so would be viewed negatively by the court. Considering his attitude towards Judge Merchan and the court’s authority in general, the odds are the most positive response they’ll receive is excuse-making from his lawyers about why he can’t sit for the interview (i.e. I’m the future president, too busy to participate in this “farce”).

Of course, then July 11th will arrive and he’ll be sitting in the court, looking like the bitter old slug he is when Judge Merchan asks why he failed to sit for the interview and only gets back excuses about “timing issues” and “unavailability.”