Former Manhattan DA Says Trump Likely Will Get No Prison Time

Published on June 3, 2024

A former Manhattan district attorney predicted that former President Donald Trump likely will receive no prison time after his conviction. Cyrus Vance Jr., a Democrat who retired in 2022, was asked by NBC News on Sunday in a “Meet the Press” interview about a possible prison term. “I think not,” he replied. “The president has made this a little more complicated by having been found in contempt 10 times during the court, but I think that with the proximity of the Republican convention four days after his sentencing, and then if he is the candidate for the Republican Party the proximity of the election, I would be surprised that he would be sentenced to any imprisonment,” Mr. Vance said....

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