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Jerold D Cummins's avatar

It’s not clear to me why Trump’s lawyers thought it advantageous to seek a stay of the scheduled sentencing from the higher courts. If they had succeeded that would have left a good likelihood that that any sentencing would be delayed until after Trump finished his 4-year term as President. Not until then could the conviction be appealed looking for a reversal of the conviction. In the meantime, the public would still think Trump was a convicted felon. I suppose there would be some chance that if the stay had been granted once Trump was in office his lawyers would then move that the case should be dismissed. But that wouldn’t necessarily be granted.

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Arthur Smith's avatar

Really Randall. Why do you say the case is concluded when there is an appeal filing?

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