reinvigorate this misdemeanor case and come up with inventive charges and pursue it, at all obviously is kind of a rotten. but i think politically alvin bragg would be smart to swear off incarceration. to say this was a nether core principle of our das office. we are not going to treated any differently than any other in credibly low grade stale slightly above misdemeanor case. it is a class e felony in your people don t usually go to jail for that i think the key it s if it bragg would weigh in if they re not seeking incarceration, or trying to be consistent with how we approach whatever case that a settlement like this. i put so much pressure that he does not go out on the limb by himself. if you are advising president trump you have to tell him it is a possibility we are going to prepare emotions for state and mosmotions for intervention from the supreme court. the only problem is it bragg s audience is the people
reinvigorate this misdemeanor case and come up with inventive charges and pursue it, at all obviously is kind of a rotten. but i think politically alvin bragg would be smart to swear off incarceration. to say this was a nether core principle of our das office. we are not going to treated any differently than any other in credibly low grade stale slightly above misdemeanor case. it is a class e felony in your people don t usually go to jail for that i think the key it s if it bragg would weigh in if they re not seeking incarceration, or trying to be consistent with how we approach whatever i case that a settlemet like this. i put so much pressure that he does not go out on the limb by himself. if you are advising president trump you have to tell him it is a possibility we are going to prepare emotions for state and most omotions for intervention m the supreme court. the only problem is it bragg s audience is the people
reinvigorate this misdemeanor case and come up with inventive charges and pursue it, at all obviously is kind of a rotten. but i think politically alvin bragg would be smart to swear off incarceration. to say this was a nether core principle of our das office. we are not going to treated any differently than any other in credibly low grade stale slightly above misdemeanor case. it is a class e felony in your people don t usually go to jail for that i think the key it s if it bragg would weigh in if they re not seeking incarceration, or trying to be consistent with how we approach whatever i case that a settlemet like this. i put so much pressure that he does not go out on the limb by himself. if you are advising president trump you have to tell him it is a possibility we are going to prepare emotions for state and most omotions for intervention m the supreme court. the only problem is it bragg s audience is the people
weeks. jail time is a possibility, but judge juan merchan said during the trial it was not a necessity for a conviction like this. a class e felony. some legal scholars like norm eisen, special counsel to the democrats during trump s first impeachment disagree, arguing jail time is necessary in this specific case. writing for the op-ed page of the new york times, eisen that jail time would teach a lesson about consequences and serving as an alarm bell to the american public. joining us now, rebecca roiphe, and new york times political analyst peter baker. jail time, rebecca, a possibility? i think it s a possibility. i think it s unlikely. look, the theme for alvin bragg has been no man is above the law. treat this person as you would treat any other person, and it is true that president trump has
around him. they have decided they would run on this issue to motivate the base with anger for turnout and donations. and so far it appears to be working at least in terms of donations. they are flooding in to both members of congress and the trump campaign itself. he reported getting over 50 million in just one day after the verdict came down. yeah, that is a remarkable to see italy s we ll talk about that in just a minute. but bernardo, when it comes to potential jail time, of course, you ve heard a lot of legal experts say no, it s not likely because he doesn t have a previous a record. it s a class e felony, which is the lowest in the state of new york. but when you put it all together, including these potential gag order violations where do you think the judge could land on sentence day? look, i ve been practicing in new york for 17 years, 13 years as a prosecutor and the rest of four years as a criminal defense attorney. and what i can tell you that it is a possibility that j