Him being convicted was a given. It was open and shut. There has a fair amount of Mayors, several Congressmen and every blue moon or so, maybe once a generation a Senator go to jail.
When you get to Senator, senior administration level (Secretary of Treasury, etc) its rare. It has to be so bad and egregious there is no choice.
An ex President and possibly soon to be President? Uncharted territory.
The question is what will be the sentence? We've seen actual rapists be convicted and no time served.
I am guessing he won't do any actual time. It's state court so its a bit murky. My guess, the NY governor will either pardon or work some backroom deal.
House arrest maybe. As far as I know there aren't any low security prisons for NY state as there is in the federal prison system. Also, the blowback. Republicans will openly skirt the constitution for payback.
I obviously hope he goes to jail but don't think he actually will do any jail time. The sentence may be financial and no hard time. That's my guess. They'll try to bankrupt him instead.
When you get to Senator, senior administration level (Secretary of Treasury, etc) its rare. It has to be so bad and egregious there is no choice.
An ex President and possibly soon to be President? Uncharted territory.
The question is what will be the sentence? We've seen actual rapists be convicted and no time served.
I am guessing he won't do any actual time. It's state court so its a bit murky. My guess, the NY governor will either pardon or work some backroom deal.
House arrest maybe. As far as I know there aren't any low security prisons for NY state as there is in the federal prison system. Also, the blowback. Republicans will openly skirt the constitution for payback.
I obviously hope he goes to jail but don't think he actually will do any jail time. The sentence may be financial and no hard time. That's my guess. They'll try to bankrupt him instead.
