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Trump Faces Up to 4 Years in Prison at July 11 Sentencing
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June 1, 2024
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0:23Now PlayingA jury in former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial took just two days to reach a historic verdict: guilty on all 34 counts.
The next step will be for Judge Juan Merchan to sentence him, which is scheduled for July 11. That’s just days before the July 15 Republican National Convention, where the party is set to officially select Trump as its presidential nominee for the Nov. 5 election. Merchan allowed Trump to remain free until his sentencing.
A typical defendant convicted of a felony charge is sentenced to serve some prison time, but there is nothing in the law that requires it. Merchan could instead sentence Trump to probation, especially if he decides that leniency is warranted because the former president is 77 years old and a first-time offender. Trump could also be ordered to pay some kind of financial penalty.
Still, Merchan has made it clear that he takes white-collar crime seriously and already warned Trump he could put him behind bars for repeatedly violating a gag order. He also acknowledged the unique security requirements of imprisoning a former president under 24-hour Secret Service protection.
Each of the counts is a Class E felony, which carries a prison term from 1 1/3 years to four years. Merchan could impose a concurrent sentence, meaning the former president would serve his prison time simultaneously for each of the 34 charges on which he was found guilty. He could also order Trump to serve the counts one after the other, but legal experts have said that isn’t likely.
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