The judge did indeed treat him very differently when he was in contempt, so I very much doubt he will receive equal treatment now. He will be treated with kids gloves and given the extra light sentencing. I expect some strongly worded speech, at most.
For sure. My point was no one gets jail, so Trump certainly won’t, and there will be no room to complain he’s getting preferential treatment because the absolute most he can get is a slap on the wrist. If the judge decided to go absolute ham and jail him due to how egregious it is in the context of a presidential election, it would be appealed and thrown out immediately.
Some folks are holding out faint hope for jail, but that will not happen and would play right into Trump’s hand if it did.
The judge did indeed treat him very differently when he was in contempt, so I very much doubt he will receive equal treatment now. He will be treated with kids gloves and given the extra light sentencing. I expect some strongly worded speech, at most.
For sure. My point was no one gets jail, so Trump certainly won’t, and there will be no room to complain he’s getting preferential treatment because the absolute most he can get is a slap on the wrist. If the judge decided to go absolute ham and jail him due to how egregious it is in the context of a presidential election, it would be appealed and thrown out immediately.
Some folks are holding out faint hope for jail, but that will not happen and would play right into Trump’s hand if it did.