Trump expresses willingness for incarceration.
Donald Trump has been found guilty of all 34 charges in the hush money case, and could potentially face a prison sentence of up to four years. But Trump doesn't seem too worried about it. "I'm fine with it," he told Fox News' show "Fox & Friends" in a TV interview. A few days later, he added, "I don't think the public would accept it." Is this an indirect threat?
Former US President Donald Trump recently announced that he wouldn't mind going to prison. "I'm okay with it," Trump stated on Fox News' show "Fox & Friends." Following his conviction, Trump said, "I don't think the public would accept it." According to Democrat Adam Schiff, this could be Trump's tactic. "Essentially, that's his threat that he'll instigate his followers to riot if he receives a prison sentence," Schiff, a member of the House committee investigating the Capitol riot, told CNN. "We've seen the horrific outcomes of such actions on January 6th."
There are fears in the US that there could be politically-driven violence around the presidential election on November 5th. Although Trump has been a convicted felon since May 30th, he has made it clear that he won't accept a loss. To this day, he continues to assert that his 2020 election loss to Biden was due to fraud. After the heated election, radical Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in Washington on January 6th, resulting in five deaths.
During the interview, Trump was questioned about how he would react to a possible prison sentence or house arrest after being found guilty of covering up hush money paid to a porn star. He mentioned that one of his lawyers had said on TV that such a scenario wouldn't occur for a former president - but Trump told him not to "beg" in front of the judge.
Additionally, Trump mentioned Mary, his wife, saying, "She's doing well, but I think it's very hard for her. She has to read all this nonsense."
The jury found Trump guilty in New York on Thursday in 34 charges. Soon after the verdict, Trump expressed his anger over the verdict and reiterated his claim that the trial against him was purely political and manipulated. Judge Juan Merchan will announce the sentence on July 11th. Trump could potentially serve up to four years in prison in the worst-case scenario, but it is more likely that he either receives a suspended sentence or is fined instead.
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In light of his potential prison sentence, Donald Trump has suggested that the public may not accept his incarceration. As the US presidential election in 2024 approaches, some are concerned about the potential for politically-driven violence if Trump, who was convicted in the hush money case and lost the 2020 election to Biden, decides to run again and faces legal consequences. The storming of the Capitol in Washington on January 6th, 2021, was a direct result of Trump's claims of election fraud.
