Donald Trump to be sentenced on January 10th, 2025

Judge sets Trump's sentencing in hush money case for Jan. 10, but signals no jail time

In an extraordinary turn, a judge has set President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case for Jan. 10 — little over a week before he’s due to…

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On January 10th, 2025, Donald Trump will become the first President of the United States to be sentenced before taking office.

"Merchan wrote that he sought to balance competing interests: Trump’s ability to govern “unencumbered” by the case, the U.S. Supreme Court’s July ruling on presidential immunity, the public’s expectation “that all are equal and no one is above the law,” and the importance of protecting the “sanctity of a jury verdict.”

It's about time.

Years ago, I heard my father talking about his country compared to the United States.

Translated from his native language to English, he said that the difference is that "here, the law is fulfilled"

"here" means "in the United States"

Thus, he said: "In the United States, the law is fulfilled."

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The judge has already stated that Trump will be sentenced to nothing:

"Judge Juan M. Merchan, who presided over Trump’s trial, signaled in a written decision that he’d sentence the former and future president to what’s known as an unconditional discharge, in which a case is closed without jail time, a fine or probation. Trump can appear virtually for sentencing, if he chooses."

Another big disappointment for his enemies.

"Merchan ruled that Trump’s current status as president-elect does not afford him the same immunity as a sitting president."

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Another big disappointment for his enemies.

Do you think Mike Johnson's re-election is a big disappointment for his enemies?

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You can have a Republican Congress with a Democratic Speaker and a Democratic Congress with a Republican Speaker. It's possible, but I don't know if it ever happened.

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The judge will chicken out and give him a hand slap instead of the punishment he deserves. The orange one's cultists are all in a tizzy over on the social media platform that shall not be named, demanding the judge be disbarred, arrested, imprisoned, tortured, drawn and quartered, etc. It proves a useful insight into their sadistic mindset with regards to how anyone deemed a political rival should be treated going forward, and what they truly think about law & order.

Do you think it would be better if Trump was sentenced in 2029? Maybe the judge decided to sentence him in 2025 because the case could be dismissed by Donald Trump (only if it is a federal case, not a state case, and I don't know if the hush money case is a federal case)

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People conveniently forget he isn't much younger than Biden, and he may not even survive his own presidency.

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I think Trump will survive his second term but could be forced to resign (but I think Trump resigning is unlikely to happen).

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It’s a conviction with no punishment

Yeah it's sad how it doesn't make sense.

In Australia, if you are a convicted criminal you cannot run for Prime Minister. Australia's government makes sense when compared to the American one.