Several experts tell ABC News that the odds are against Donald Trump being sentenced to jail in his hush money case next month -- but others say it could happen.
Trump’s sentencing in his New York hush money case is scheduled for July 11.
One wild card to this is the pre-sentencing probation hearing. It happened on Monday, and the only thing we’ve heard about it was that Trump was “polite, respectful, and accomodating”. Well, he also told the officers on the other end of the call to “be safe”, whatever that means.
Trump got to do the interview remotely, and also got to have his lawyer present, both of which are accommodations that the standard NYC felon doesn’t get. (The probation office also had multiple people on the call, too, which is also unusual). His lawyers probably explained to him that if he pissed these people off, they would recommend prison time and the judge would give that a lot of weight. So for once in his life, he had to be respectful to someone who he didn’t know and is worth a fraction of what Trump thinks he’s worth. Bonus points if they found an immigrant from one of the countries he doesn’t like to ask him all those embarrassing questions.
Come to think if it, why would he tell the probation officers to “be safe”? Is he anticipating they might be in danger, for some strange reason?
Right, you might say that if you knew the person, and knew they traveled to get to you. But would you exchange those pleasantries with someone you just met, over a court-mandated video call?
Trump is excellent at this, saying innocuous things that are really signaling phrases to his people that the rest of us aren’t in on. We didn’t really know what “Stand back and stand by” meant at the time, but we do now.
You are generally right, but “Stand back and stand by” was pretty fucking blatant, and nobody who wasn’t searching for a reason it wasn’t an issue ‘misunderstood’ the message.
One wild card to this is the pre-sentencing probation hearing. It happened on Monday, and the only thing we’ve heard about it was that Trump was “polite, respectful, and accomodating”. Well, he also told the officers on the other end of the call to “be safe”, whatever that means.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/10/politics/trump-probation-office-interview-hush-money/index.html
Trump got to do the interview remotely, and also got to have his lawyer present, both of which are accommodations that the standard NYC felon doesn’t get. (The probation office also had multiple people on the call, too, which is also unusual). His lawyers probably explained to him that if he pissed these people off, they would recommend prison time and the judge would give that a lot of weight. So for once in his life, he had to be respectful to someone who he didn’t know and is worth a fraction of what Trump thinks he’s worth. Bonus points if they found an immigrant from one of the countries he doesn’t like to ask him all those embarrassing questions.
Come to think if it, why would he tell the probation officers to “be safe”? Is he anticipating they might be in danger, for some strange reason?
If this wasn’t trump, I’d say this is one of those things you say to people. Drive safe, safe flight, be safe out there, etc.
Right, you might say that if you knew the person, and knew they traveled to get to you. But would you exchange those pleasantries with someone you just met, over a court-mandated video call?
Trump is excellent at this, saying innocuous things that are really signaling phrases to his people that the rest of us aren’t in on. We didn’t really know what “Stand back and stand by” meant at the time, but we do now.
You are generally right, but “Stand back and stand by” was pretty fucking blatant, and nobody who wasn’t searching for a reason it wasn’t an issue ‘misunderstood’ the message.