What to do about the sentencing of a convicted felon who will assume the highest office of the land?
Trump: Obviously, dismiss the criminal conviction–to do otherwise is to impede my ability to perform my constitutional duties.
Manhattan DA: Freeze the case (Cf. Clinton v. Jones) and postpone sentencing for now.
And more seriously from the NY Times, with much additional analysis and updates on the other cases:
“In a letter to the judge overseeing the case, prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney’s office emphasized that a jury had already convicted Mr. Trump of falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal. But acknowledging the unprecedented nature of the case — Mr. Trump would be the first felon to serve as president — the prosecutors raised the prospect of a four-year freeze.
The judge, Juan M. Merchan, will now decide in the coming weeks whether to freeze the case or dismiss it outright, a momentous ruling that will shape the outcome of the only one of Mr. Trump’s four criminal cases that made it to trial. Dismissing the case would further embolden Mr. Trump as he enters his second presidential term, solidifying an aura of invincibility around him.”
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