Will Trump be jailed?
| The former US president was found guilty in the criminal case of paying hush money to an actor in pornographic movies. |
report Mehr News Agency According to Reuters, former US President Donald Trump has been found guilty in the case of the right to remain silent to an actor in pornographic films, and now the judge of the case must make a big decision; Sending the 2024 US presidential candidate behind bars!
In New York State, prison terms are rarely considered for people charged with forgery. Andrew Weinstein, a New York defense attorney who represented a person with similar charges in 2009, said: Usually, these types of cases are not cases where you would expect a state criminal with no criminal record to receive a prison sentence. But everything is different about Trump. Therefore, I don’t think that it is possible to comment on this case from a historical point of view, because he is a completely different creature!
Trump did not confess to 34 charges and emphasized that he had no sex with the plaintiff!
According to the regulations, the crime of falsifying commercial documents can result in up to four years of imprisonment. 6 legal experts, including defense lawyers and former US prosecutors, told Reuters that in New York it is rare for a person like Trump without a criminal record to be sentenced to prison for a crime such as forgery of commercial documents, and usually a fine is imposed for such crimes. will be However, according to them, such a sentence is not impossible and it is too early to talk about Trump’s punishment.
To decide on Trump’s punishment, Judge Merchan will probably consider the severity and degree of sensitivity of the charges due to the connection with the 2016 US presidential election. Also, Trump’s decision not to plead guilty will have an impact on his decision.
Merchan, during the selection of the jury on April 16, about the disqualification of one of the members of the jury who had written “imprison Trump” on the social network in 2017. He said: Everyone knows that if Trump is found guilty in this case, there is a possibility that he will go to jail.
The attempt to imprison one of the former presidents of the United States, for whom, of course, the chance of winning the November elections can be imagined, and in addition, the right to use It also has 24-hour protection services of the US Secret Service, it will be an unprecedented challenge.
