Can a former president really be headed to jail? Lawyer Ron Kuby breaks down the long strange trip that lies ahead.
This man's"I didn't pay hush money to a porn star to help my 2016 presidential campaign" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by his shirt.extortion of Ukrainian President Zelensky, criminally obstructing the Russia probe, encouraging a mob to attack the U.S.
is on the cusp of an indictment in New York County for [drumroll here] falsifying business records in the“First degree” sounds impressive, but in New York, this crime is designated as a Class-E, nonviolent felony: the lowest felony level in New York’s grading system . I’ll jump ahead here to what you really want to know: Yes, he could go to prison. The maximum penalty for this offense is 1 1/3 to four years. If such a penalty were imposed, he would have to serve 1 1/3 years before he became eligible for parole, and he would be out,there is no mandatory minimum sentence: If convicted, he could be sentenced a few anger-management programs. And trial is at least a year or more away. Even upon conviction, there would be years more of appeals.
So what is this crime and what do the prosecutors hope to prove in this case? A person is guilty of this crime when they, with intent to defraud , cause a false entry to be made in a business record intending to conceal, aid, or commit another crime.
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