Peter Baker: It’s Possible Trump Doesn’t Get Prison Time Even if Sentenced in Hush Money Case

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
WITT: “There’s a number of new developments ahead of Trump’s September 18th sentencing and that New York hush money case despite repeated requests. Now the legal team is asking to move the sentencing date until after the election. What are you hearing about the chances they will delay sentencing and if sentencing were to be delayed how could that impact the election?”

BAKER: “Trump hasn’t done anything to win favor. The judges in a mood to do any special favors but he will look at it as passionately as admirers have said he’s done throughout this entire process. He will make his own decision. Being sentence before the election September 18th would be eight days after the first debate with Kamala Harris and just as early voting is getting started would not be what a candidate would want but he will try to use that as an example once again for his base of persecution and grievance and how he’s been unfairly targeted by the justice system. He will explain. It’s very possible he doesn’t get present time even if you were sentenced and if he were it’s likely he wouldn’t start serving anyway over the election because he will appeal it and the process will take months to play out regardless. As a matter of important symbolism a judge sentence of a presidential candidate just six weeks before the election as early voting is going is something we have never seen before.”