{"id":2256341,"date":"2024-05-30T23:46:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T03:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-guilty-former-presidents-lawyer-says-he-should-never-never-face-jail-time\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T23:48:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T03:48:54","slug":"trump-guilty-former-presidents-lawyer-says-he-should-never-never-face-jail-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-guilty-former-presidents-lawyer-says-he-should-never-never-face-jail-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Former president&#8217;s attorney insists Trump should never be sentenced to jail"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Ftrump-guilty-former-presidents-lawyer-says-he-should-never-never-face-jail-time%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=2256341&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--><p>Former President\u2064 Trump&#8217;s \u200clawyer, \u200cTodd Blanche, expressed that Trump should \u2064not receive a jail sentence for\u200b the charges he was \u200bconvicted of. The Manhattan jury found Trump guilty \u200dof 34 felony counts\u2063 related\u2063 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-the-charges-brought-against-the-trump-organizations-cfo-part-of-a-witch-hunt-experts-weigh-in\/\" title=\"Are The Charges Brought Against The Trump Organization\u2019s CFO Part Of A Witch Hunt? Experts Weigh In\">falsifying business records<\/a> in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-sets-date-for-trumps-hush-money-trial-and-the-timing-could-heavily-impact-the-2024-election\/\" title=\"Trial date set for Trump's hush money case, with potential impact on 2024 election\">hush money\u200d trial<\/a>. Blanche emphasized that a jail term\u2062 for Trump in this scenario \u2063would deviate\u2064 from standard\u2062 practices. (Word count: 48) Former \u2063President Trump&#8217;s lawyer, Todd Blanche, argued against \u2062a jail sentence\u200d for Trump following\u200b his conviction by a Manhattan jury on 34 felony counts for falsifying business records in the hush money trial. Blanche contended that imposing a jail term on Trump in this case would \u2062be unconventional.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump\u2019s lawyer Todd Blanche said the former president \u201cshould never, never face a jail sentence\u201d for the conduct he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-please-pardon-jon-woods-a-victim-of-process-crimes-like-michael-flynn\/\" title=\"President Trump, Please Pardon Jon Woods, a Victim of Process Crimes Like Michael Flynn\">found guilty<\/a> of earlier in the day. <\/p>\n<p>Trump was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3018093\/trump-guilty-in-manhattan-hush-money-case\/\">found guilty<\/a> of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records by a Manhattan jury on Thursday in his hush money trial. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3018093\/trump-guilty-in-manhattan-hush-money-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRUMP GUILTY IN MANHATTAN HUSH MONEY CASE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking with CNN\u2019s Kaitlan Collins, Blanche said a jail sentence would be atypical for a case such as this. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, there\u2019s, there\u2019s a system in place that where you rely on precedent, and somebody like President Trump should never, never face a jail sentence based on this conduct, and it would just kind of confirm what we\u2019ve been saying all along,\u201d Blanche said. \u201cAnd a lot of people say that we\u2019re wrong and that we\u2019re missing key pieces. But, if, other 77-year-old, first time offenders would never be sent to prison for this conduct.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The judge in the case, Judge Juan Merchan, announced that sentencing would occur July 11 at 10 a.m. after the jury handed down their verdict. It\u2019s unclear how severe a sentence he will give, though Merchan has previously expressed hesitation about sending the former president to jail. When Trump violated a gag order for the tenth time, the judge threatened to jail him for contempt, but then said, \u201cMr. Trump, it\u2019s important to understand that the last thing I want to do is to put you in jail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Merchan has also said he worries about the safety of those who would have to protect Trump, including Secret Service agents, if he were to go to jail.<\/p>\n<p>In the case, Trump was found guilty of repaying Michael Cohen for a $130,000 hush money payment issued to Stormy Daniels, a porn star and director, to conceal their 2006 affair. He has three other ongoing cases, but this is the first time he\u2019s been found guilty of a crime. <\/p>\n<p>Blanche also addressed why Trump didn\u2019t take the stand, though he previously said he would. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a very personal question, to him and to me, honestly, and it\u2019s a very difficult question,\u201d Blanche said. \u201cOf course, he wanted to testify. And I don\u2019t say that because that\u2019s what he has said. He wanted to get his story out. I think the judge had made some decisions before the trial, on the day the trial started, about what, what would be allowed to be asked of him by the prosecutors if he took the stand. And some of those questions were really complicated to answer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, Blanche said, it was Trump\u2019s decision not to testify, though he told Collins that Trump came to that decision after listening to advice of counsel. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Trump&#8217;s lawyer, Todd Blanche, emphasized that Trump should never face a jail term after being convicted of 34 felony counts for falsifying business records. 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