Michael Cohen’s lawyer says Trump will be jailed if convicted

Michael Cohen’s attorney, Lanny Davis, said there is no doubt Trump will be locked up if convicted in Manhattan.

Could Trump be locked up if convicted criminally in Manhattan?

Davis, when MSNBC’s Jen Psaki asked about Trump’s prison sentence if convicted, said: He will definitely go to jail for this because he can’t pardon himself. Let me repeat this. He will do that if he is elected president. I hope that won’t happen. He says he will pardon himself, and he probably will try, but he cannot be pardoned because of a criminal conviction by a jury for a state crime. He has to go to jail. I wouldn’t be in favor of putting him behind bars. I would be in favor of house arrest, something less than behind bars because he is an ex-president. But there is no doubt that he will be placed under house arrest or behind bars. If he is convicted.”

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Michael Cohen’s legal adviser, Lanny Davis, says Trump will be locked up if convicted in Manhattan. “There is no doubt that he will be placed under house arrest or behind bars if convicted.” pic.twitter.com/IJww0gbKOr

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For years, people have said Trump should go to jail or be behind bars. As of tomorrow, Trump’s incarceration could be on its way to becoming a reality.

Lanny Davis was probably right. Given Trump’s circumstances — a nearly 80-year-old ex-president with no prior criminal convictions — there is a good chance that if he is found guilty, he will be sentenced to some form of house arrest.

How a possible incarceration of Trump could affect the 2024 presidential campaign would be very interesting. If Trump is under house arrest, would he campaign via Zoom calls? If Trump cannot physically campaign, it would be crushing for the Republican Party.

Republicans would get what they asked for if they nominated a candidate who faced 91 felonies as their presidential candidate.

The Manhattan trial will be the closest Donald Trump will ever come to a conviction and incarceration.

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