{"id":2003370,"date":"2023-08-17T05:50:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T09:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indictments-ex-president-faces-91-felonies-punishable-by-700-years-in-jail\/"},"modified":"2023-08-17T05:52:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T09:52:13","slug":"donald-trump-indictments-ex-president-faces-91-felonies-punishable-by-700-years-in-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indictments-ex-president-faces-91-felonies-punishable-by-700-years-in-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump indicted with 91 felonies, could face 700 years in prison."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdonald-trump-indictments-ex-president-faces-91-felonies-punishable-by-700-years-in-jail%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2003370&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Donald \u200cTrump Faces 91 Charges: Is\u2063 Jail Time in \u200bHis\u2064 Future?<\/h2>\n<p>Donald\u2063 Trump is \u2063currently facing a staggering 91 charges \u200dacross four criminal cases, with Georgia presenting the \u2064most realistic scenario for the former president and 2024\u2062 GOP front-runner landing in jail.<\/p>\n<p>The charges in these cases,\u200c two federal and two local, carry a maximum sentence of over 700\u200d years in prison, along \u2064with hefty fines.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s \u2064Indictment: The Advantage and Disadvantage of \u2063Pardons<\/h3>\n<p>In the federal cases, one in\u2062 Florida related to classified\u2063 documents and another in Washington, D.C. related to the\u2063 2020 election, Trump could potentially \u200bpardon himself if reelected or be pardoned by another president, which would relieve \u2064him of trials and any convictions.<\/p>\n<p>However,\u200d this\u2062 option does not exist \u2062in the\u2062 two local cases. In \u200dGeorgia, the charges are related to the 2020 election, and in New \u2063York, they\u2062 involve a\u2062 2016 hush money scheme.<\/p>\n<h3>The New York\u200c Case: Weakest\u2064 or Strongest?<\/h3>\n<p>In New York,\u200c Manhattan\u2063 District Attorney\u200d Alvin Bragg has \u200dcharged Trump with 34 counts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-grand-jury-makes-decision-on-trump-indictment-for-jan-6\/\" title=\"Breaking: Grand Jury reaches decision on Trump's Jan. 6 indictment.\">falsifying business \u200drecords<\/a> in \u2064the first degree, a\u2063 Class E\u200b felony. Legal experts believe \u2063this case\u200c may\u200b result in \u200ba \u200dprison sentence of one to four years per \u200ccount.<\/p>\n<p>The judge in the case, Juan Merchan, will consider Trump&#8217;s lack of prior felony convictions, which could\u200d lead to\u2063 lighter penalties \u2063such as probation and fines. Critics argue that this case is the weakest of \u2063the four, as it\u2062 deals with\u2064 allegations from several years ago that may fall outside the statute\u200c of limitations.<\/p>\n<p>However, Judge Merchan has set \u200bthe trial\u2062 to begin on March\u200c 25, 2024, rejecting Trump&#8217;s motion \u200dfor recusal.<\/p>\n<h3>The Florida Case: A\u200d Serious Threat<\/h3>\n<p>In Florida, \u200cspecial counsel Jack\u2063 Smith \u2062has charged Trump with 40 felonies, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joy-behar-blames-gerald-ford-for-a-possible-trump-pardon\/\" title=\"Joy Behar accuses Gerald Ford of being responsible for a potential Trump pardon.\">including willful retention<\/a>\u2064 of \u2063national \u2062defense \u200dinformation, violations of the Espionage Act. These charges carry a\u200d maximum \u200bcombined sentence of 450 years in \u2062jail.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, appointed by Trump, is overseeing the case. While some speculate she\u200c may be sympathetic to the former president, legal experts consider this case to be the\u2064 least debatable.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University, has described the Florida\u2062 case as &#8220;the \u200cmost\u2062 serious threat&#8221; \u200cto Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indictments-ex-president-faces-91-felonies-punishable-by-700-years-in-jail\/\" title=\"Donald Trump indicted with 91 felonies, could face 700 years in prison.\">citing established legal authority<\/a> and substantial evidence. The trial is\u2064 scheduled to \u2063begin\u200b on May 20, \u20642024.<\/p>\n<h3>The Washington, D.C. Case: Novel and Controversial<\/h3>\n<p>In Washington, D.C., special counsel Jack Smith has charged Trump\u2064 with four counts, alleging conspiracy to overturn \u2063the 2020 election illegally. The case could result\u2062 in \u200da maximum sentence of 55 years in \u200bprison.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District\u200c Judge Tanya\u2062 Chutkan, known for her tough sentencing in cases related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, is overseeing \u2063the case. Trump&#8217;s defense team has already raised constitutional concerns about free speech infringement, adding \u200ccomplexity to the\u200d trial. The\u2062 trial\u2064 is \u200dset to begin on\u200b Jan. 2, 2024.<\/p>\n<h3>The Georgia Case: RICO Act Violation and Co-Conspirators<\/h3>\n<p>In Georgia, Fulton County District Attorney \u2064Fani Willis has charged Trump with\u200d 13 \u2064felonies,\u2064 including\u2064 a violation of the\u200c state&#8217;s Racketeer Influenced\u200c and Corrupt Organizations Act, which carries\u2064 a maximum penalty of 20 years \u200din prison.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment,\u2063 delivered by a \u2063grand jury, implicates \u200d18 others by name and\u200c involves an additional \u206330 co-conspirators. Trump cannot hope for a federal\u200d or\u200c state \u200bpardon \u200bin this case, at \u200cleast not in the\u2064 near future.<\/p>\n<p>Willis has set a deadline of 10\u2064 days for Trump and the other \u200bdefendants \u200cto turn themselves in. They are expected to be temporarily\u2063 booked in jail and have their mugshots taken. The trial is proposed to begin on March\u200d 4, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of their status,\u200c all defendants will have a mugshot taken, as\u2062 the \u200dFulton\u2062 County sheriff\u2063 has stated that\u200c they will follow their normal practices.<\/p>\n<p>It remains \u200bto\u2064 be seen how\u200c these cases will\u2063 unfold, but \u2063one \u200cthing is certain: Donald Trump&#8217;s legal battles \u2062are far\u200b from over.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>of 91 counts against Donald Trump. With his recent indictment in Georgia, the possibility of the former president and 2024 GOP front-runner ending up in jail seems more plausible. These charges, spanning federal and local cases, make Georgia the most likely state for Trump&#8217;s legal troubles to escalate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2003371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2003370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2003370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2003371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2003370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2003370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2003370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}