Following his historic conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, Donald Trump said that he is “okay” with going to jail or being under house arrest when it comes to the possible punishments for his crimes. To be honest, so are we.
In addition to promoting racism and xenophobia throughout his disastrous presidential term, back in 1989 Trump paid for full-page newspaper ads that “called for the death penalty to be reinstated in New York” following the rape and assault accusations against the Central Park 5, who were aged 14 and 15 at the time.
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The Black and Hispanic teens were wrongfully convicted, with their convictions eventually being overturned. Many people, including “Central Park Five” exonoree Raymond Santana, believe the Trump hush-money case verdict is karma. It seems that Trump is now accepting that fate as well.
“I’m OK with it,” Trump said to Fox News in an interview that aired Sunday when asked about jail time. “I saw one of my lawyers the other day on television saying, ‘Oh no, you don’t want to do that to the president.’ I said: You don’t beg for anything.”
Trump continued, “I don’t think the public would stand it. I’m not sure the public would stand for it. I think it would be tough for the public to take, you know, at a certain point, there’s a breaking point.”
However, in true Trump fashion, he still maintains that he has done nothing wrong and that the trial was “tougher” on his family than himself.
Regarding his wife Melania, Trump stated, “She’s fine, but I think it’s very hard for her. I mean, she’s fine. But it’s … you know, she has to read all this crap.”
On July 11, Judge Juan Merchan will sentence Trump, and his supporters have wasted no time attacking anyone they believe is responsible for his guilty verdict.
The former president could receive probation or up to 4 years in state prison on each count, with a maximum of 20 years—hopefully it’s the latter.
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