Judge Will Send a ‘Strong Message’ When Sentencing Trump, Dershowitz Says

Retired Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz predicted that New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan will try to send a “very strong message” when sentencing former President Donald Trump next month. The former president was convicted by a Manhattan jury on May 31 for falsifying business records. The judge likely won’t have President Trump pay just a small fine and he also will come up with a way to issue a sentence that won’t be “a basis for a reversal” when the case is ultimately appealed, Mr. Dershowitz said on his YouTube channel. “I think a very likely outcome would be the judge sentences him to a number of years in prison—two years, three years”—but Judge Merchan will likely then “suspend the sentence,” the retired professor said, adding that President Trump’s status as a leading presidential candidate will be a factor....