Former US Attorney for the District of Utah Brett L. Tolman says Judge Merchan will give Donald Trump jail time, asserting, “The rules are out the window.”
While Trump was convicted on 34 counts in a brazen political show trial, even some of his most ardent critics don’t think he’ll actually go to prison.
However, that’s not the view of Tolman, who told Benny Johnson the United States was facing a constitutional crisis “that does change the game.”
“If we realistically look at this case, there never was an acquittal possible,” said Tolman, adding that he thought a hung jury was likely but that outcome was demolished by a judge who was “leaning on the scales of justice” before opening arguments even began.
“His rulings on motions to exclude evidence, his rulings during the trial, his objections to cross examination…you know it’s bad when the judge takes a different tone when speaking to the prosecution versus when he speaks to the defense in front of the jury,” said Tolman, adding that this clearly influenced the jury.
“This judge has considerable power now, on July 11th he has the power to take Trump forthwith, he can take him, put him in custody right then and he can do it for whatever period of time,” said Tolman, warning that despite there being a range of sentencing, “the rules are out the window, who knows what this judge will do.”
“I predict he will give him some jail time, I think he will fine him, he’ll give him a stern lecture and then he’ll promptly plan his retirement and a book deal,” concluded Tolman.
Other commentators have speculated that Merchan will come down hard on Trump because Trump said mean things about him (accurately accusing him and his daughter of being Democrats) before the trial began.
However, appearing on CNN, Attorney Mark O’Mara suggested Trump would end up serving no time whatsoever because he would win on appeal.
O’Mara said the odds of Trump winning on appeal were “pretty good” because Judge Merchan didn’t do everything in his power to “ensure a fair trial uninfected by the outside world.”
“The idea that this jury wasn’t even sequestered, not even during deliberations, not to mention that week before between trial and closings – I think that’s a massive mistake,” said O’Mara.
He predicted that Trump’s defense team would “follow the trail” of every juror including “where they drove, what they did, every billboard they saw, all of that and that’s gonna be the fire for appeal that this jury was infected with negativity, that this judge didn’t protect their client from,” he added.
Trump’s sentencing date is set for July 11th, four days before the Republican Convention.
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