Christian Smith
(NewsNation) – Former President Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 criminal charges marks the end of the former president’s historic secret trial, but the fight over the case continues with his sentencing scheduled for July 11.
California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell joins NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday” to discuss the possibility of Trump facing prison time, saying he shouldn’t be treated better or worse because he is a former president.
“When we look at New York, approximately 10,000 cases over the last 40 years have been tried on this charge. Ten percent of the time, individuals went to prison. And this amount that was defrauded is one of the highest amounts of all time. He shouldn’t be treated better, he shouldn’t be treated worse, this judge seems pretty fair,” Swalwell said.
The charge of falsifying business records is a Class E felony in New York, the lowest level of criminal charges in the state. It is punishable by up to four years in prison, although the punishment is ultimately up to the judge, and there is no guarantee he would give Trump any time behind bars. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg declined to say whether prosecutors would seek prison time.
The conviction does not prevent Trump from continuing his campaign or becoming president. And he can still vote for himself in his home state of Florida as long as he stays out of prison in New York state. However, the conviction raises concerns about Trump’s possible presidency.
“As a convicted felon, you cannot have security clearance, you cannot serve in the military and you cannot go to many countries that are our allies. We want our president to analyze national security secrets, we want him to travel abroad, we want him to have credibility with the military,” Swalwell said.
In the short term, at least, there were immediate signs that the guilty verdict was helping to unify the different factions of the Republican Party, as GOP representatives from across the political spectrum united in support of their presumptive presidential nominee in in trouble and his campaign reported a flood of fundraising dollars within hours. of the verdict.
Some polls have been carried out on the prospect of a guilty verdict, although such hypothetical scenarios are notoriously difficult to predict. A recent ABC News/Ipsos Poll found that only 4% of Trump supporters said they would withdraw their support if he were convicted of a crime, although another 16% said they would reconsider the decision.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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