New York Judge Merchan does have the option of sentencing Donald Trump, the former President of the United States for the criminal felonies or even contempt of court…..
Everybody knows that a sentence for Trump would also be for Secret Service agents also….
Trump and the agents would be under the control of the New York City Corrections Dept….
It is most likely that Trump jail time would be done in a area or even facility away from the general population due to the logistics for a former President….
The New York Times takes a look…..
Protecting Mr. Trump in a prison environment would involve keeping him separate from other inmates, as well as screening his food and other personal items, officials said. If he were to be imprisoned, a detail of agents would work 24 hours a day, seven days a week, rotating in and out of the facility, several officials said. While firearms are strictly prohibited in prisons, the agents would, most likely, nonetheless be armed.
Former corrections officials said there were several New York state prisons and city jails that have been closed or partly closed, leaving large sections of their facilities empty. One of those buildings could serve to incarcerate the former president and accommodate his Secret Service protective detail.
Anthony Guglielmi, the spokesman for the Secret Service in Washington, declined in a statement to discuss specific “protective operations.” But he has emphasized that federal law requires Secret Service agents to protect former presidents, adding that they use state-of-the-art technology, intelligence and tactics to do so.
Thomas J. Mailey, a spokesman for New York State’s prison agency, has said that his department could not speculate about how it would treat someone who has not yet been sentenced, but that it has a system “to assess and provide for individuals’ medical, mental health and security needs.” Frank Dwyer, a spokesman for the New York City jails agency, recently said only that “the department would find appropriate housing” for the former president.
While each count carries the possibility of up to four years in prison, Justice Merchan would most likely order any sentence to run concurrently, meaning Mr. Trump would serve prison time on each of the counts simultaneously. Under normal circumstances, any sentence of one year or less would generally be served on New York City’s notorious Rikers Island, home to the Department of Correction’s seven jails. (That’s where Mr. Trump’s former chief financial officer, Allen H. Weisselberg, 76, is serving his second five-month sentence for perjury.)….
Since you accurately nailed the recent Trump verdict, any predictions on Hunter Biden?
Okay…..
Out on a limb…..
Acquittal ….
I’m NOT strong on this just a hunch based on the druggy and the Biden’s in Delaware ….
Almost NOBODY goes to trail for having gun ANYWHERE….
It’s pleaded down…..
This whole thing IS Political…..
Hunter also is facing a tax case trial later this year….
I don’t care what Joe says…..
There isn’t ANYONE that would NOT pardon their son in the same situation if he was found guilty and sentenced to jail…..
Guilt NO….
Jail?
The Pardon….
Trump says he’ll pardon the Jan. 6 assholes…..
There is no way he should pardon his son. If he were to do that, after saying he absolutely would not, his legacy is ruined forever, even more than it will be if he winds up losing to Trump because he was too stubborn to not retire.
YO CG??????
Trump wants to pardon the jan. 6 assholes!
He’s ALREADY pardoned his ring leaders….
WTF should Biden pardon HIS son?
Different rules for Democrats?????
Shit!
He wins?
He ain’t a damn thing to lose…..
Trump should not pardon the people convicted for crimes on January 6th, and *if* his son is found guilty, Biden should not pardon his son. Clinton should not have pardoned all the people he did under dubious circumstances on his last day in office. Trump and Obama also had similar pardon sprees that were bad ideas.
Presidents should generally pardon less people, especially on their way out the door. At least George W. Bush did not do so. He even did not pardon Scooter Libby.
TRUMP ALREADY PARDONED Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, Michael Flynn, Stephen K. Bannon, and George Papadopoulos…..
You REACHING CG….
Well, none of them are his son, and none of them happened after promising he would not.
Trump says he will pardon criminals and we should believe him. Biden says he would not hypothetically pardon a criminal and you say Biden is lying. I think that says more about you.
It is sad that you think Biden should be so much like Trump, or even worse.
You reaching CG…..
It’s Biden’s kid……
More important to HIM then the dirtbags Trump pardoned…..
I am not reaching at all. You are the one reaching to suggest that Joe Biden would be dumb enough and possibly even corrupt enough to use the power of the Presidency to pardon his son.
I do not think Biden is anywhere near as bad as you apparently do.
“Whole thing is political…”
Sounds just like a MAGA guy. I’m not that surprised.
Hunter HAD a plea deal…..
Just like EVERYONE else….
The judge threw it out….
Ask Jack….
Gun arrests just ain’t big deals…..
THIS IS POLITICAL….
heck Trump wants to lock up Obama AND BIDEN….
How u gonna deny this isn’t political????
He did not have a plea deal. He said he did but did not. He could have one if he wanted on (just like Trump could have), but decided to fight it.
I will let the jury make a decision and I I will respect the process, hut it seems sort of obvious that he deliberately was dishonest on the paperwork in regards to his addiction history when trying to get a gun.
He should not be above the law because you wave pom-poms for his father.
Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to three federal firearms charges filed after a plea deal imploded, putting the case on track toward a possible trial as the 2024 election looms….
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If Biden were to win the election and then pardon Hunter, even many Democrats are going to go along with an Impeachment of Biden then.
I just do not see such a thing happening. There should be one set of rules for Democrats and Republicans and that is following the Constitution and being honest. Clearly, you think Democrats should do whatever they want, whether legal or not. You have thought that for years. It makes you very much like the MAGA cultists in that regard.
In regards to the politics of the verdict, I hope the jury reaches the just verdict, whatever it is, but if Hunter Biden is acquitted, Trump is going to benefit politically, at least in the short term. His supporters will go absolutely bonkers, beyond anything ever seen before, about “two systems of justice” and all that b.s, even though james thinks there should be two systems.
Hunter Biden WAS a crackhead….
No doubt…..
But seems to have gotten his shit together….
His dad is the President so he gets a trial for something NOBODY else does…..
If he IS found guilty?
The judge may not even give jail time…..
Probably community service which would mean NO pardon…..
On the tax case?
He’s already paid back the arrears and penalty……
All this Political?
You Bet ur ass…..
If I recall, you also think Menendez is innocent and should not resign.
Half true……
I said he should NOT resign …..
He’s trying to beat fait a SECOND time in the Court’s…..
Hunter has been found guilty on all three counts.