Thanks to a narrow ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, it now is a cinch that on Jan. 20, a convicted felon is going to take the office as the next president of the United States of America.
Donald John Trump won’t do any time in prison, but his conviction on 34 felony counts will stand. The judge in the case involving the hush money that Trump paid to an adult film actress is going to sentence Trump on Friday morning. He won’t send Trump to the slammer. At this point, though, Trump’s incarceration is a side issue.
He will take office as a convicted felon.
Trump had sought to delay the sentencing. SCOTUS voted 5-4 to reject Trump’s appeal. Conservatives John Roberts and Any Coney Barrett joined the court liberals in telling Trump: It’s time to suck it up, big fella.
As they say, it only takes one vote.
And so …. Donald Trump will avoid slammer time, but he’ll still carry the label of felon.
Once this goes to appeals, it will be overturned and the judge may be the one in trouble. There were no felonies during the trial. The only reason they were felonies was due to the judges instructions to jurors. The majority of legal experts have all agreed that one, the statute of limitations passed and two, the charges were not felonies. It was a civil case, or should have been.
Again, the “majority” to which you refer is among those who want to believe the case is toast. I am not one of them.
The “majority” of legal scholars that I researched. I didn’t base that statement based on my opinion. I based it on the research I did.