As conjecture swirls about what his sentencing could look like, two Manhattan criminal defense attorneys are cautioning observers to temper their expectations. “A conditional discharge is basically a suspended jail sentence,” said Fletcher, who was a Manhattan assistant district attorney from 2004 to 2008. If Merchan sentences Trump to probation, the former president would have to answer to a probation officer rather than a judge. Robert Tsigler, another Manhattan criminal defense attorney, told HuffPost he believes a conditional discharge would be the most “straightforward” sentence but that modified probation is also possible. “The path of least resistance would be a conditional discharge, but do they want to go the path of least resistance?

Source: Huffington Post June 06, 2024 16:25 UTC