Former President Donald Trump will not be sentenced in his New York criminal case until after the 2024 election, Judge Juan Merchan announced today. The magistrate said, according to CNN, that he will pronounce Trump’s sentence on November 26.
Trump was convicted in May of 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to an adult film star who claimed an affair with the former president. But Trump’s actual punishment, which must be decided by the magistrates, was suspended for several months, reports CNN.
The small problem, we say, is that the de facto election of the future president is not on November 5, when only the popular vote takes place, but on December 17, when the electors make their decision. Which means we could have an unprecedented situation where candidate Trump gets jail time before the electors decide.
