Supreme Court Doesn’t Have ‘Authority’ to Keep Trump Out of Jail—Attorney
The Supreme Court doesn’t have the “constitutional authority” to keep Donald Trump out of jail pending his expected appeal of his guilty verdict in the former president’s Manhattan criminal hush money case, attorney and former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner said on Friday.
Trump, the presumptive GOP 2024 presidential nominee, was found guilty last month on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to hush money paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 presidential election. Daniels alleges she had a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006, which he denies, reported Newsweek.
The former president has maintained his innocence, claiming the case was politically motivated against him. His legal team intends to appeal the verdict. Trump’s sentencing will be on July 11, and it remains to be seen what type of punishment Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the case, will hand down whether it be probation, house arrest, or jail time.
If Trump does receive jail time, he could ask the court to be released on his own recognizance or to be allowed a cash bail option to stay out of prison pending appeal. Meanwhile, Trump has called on the Supreme Court to intervene in the case. In a Truth Social post from June 2, the former president wrote,
“The ‘Sentencing’ for not having done anything wrong will be, conveniently for the Fascists, 4 days before the Republican National Convention. A Radical Left [George] Soros backed D.A., who ran on a platform of ‘I will get Trump,’ reporting to an ‘Acting’ Local Judge, appointed by the Democrats, who is HIGHLY CONFLICTED, will make a decision which will determine the future of our Nation? The United States Supreme Court MUST DECIDE!”
