slowguy wrote:
sphere wrote:
Trump held in contempt on 9 of 10 submissions by the prosecution.
$1k per offense, no judicial discretion, which puts jailing for future offenses closer to the touch line.
Trump will have to balance his unmanageable impulses against his fear of incarceration versus his perceived benefit of leveling up his martyrdom narrative.
If it makes you feel any better, since he was found guilty of criminal contempt, I think this technically makes Donald Trump a “convicted criminal.”
It. would make me feel better...if that was accurate. Joyce Vance (Law Prof, MSNBC/NBC Legal Analyst, Podcaster Before: US Atty, Fed'l prosecutor) opines:
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There has been a suggestion that Trump is in violation of the terms of his pre-trial release in this and other cases, which require that he not commit any new crimes. I’ve looked into that, and my tentative conclusion is that these charges don’t technically qualify as “crimes.” Prosecutors asked the Judge to issue a show cause order pursuant to
Judiciary Law § 751A, a series of laws that define the powers of courts in New York. The contempt provision found here permits a Judge to make a finding of contempt, as we discussed above, to protect the integrity of court proceedings. It is not a charge brought via a grand jury and tried in court. That sort of contempt is found in
New York’s criminal code, which provides for felony charges, but it was not used here—that would have been a long, drawn-out process. So this contempt finding is not a clear violation of law that would suffice to revoke Trump’s bond in this or other cases where he is on pre-trial release.
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