think about it? few people outside of manhattan have a lot of faith in the new york system right now, so far president trump may have some slow sliding initially on appeal, that many of us see layers of reversible error here, and it could end up in front of the supreme court. i personally don t see how this verdict can be sustained. i was in that courtroom and i was shocked by how the court was ruling. i would hope that eventually maybe not initially, that eventually, an appeal will prevail in the verdict will be thrown out. john: is there a possibility of this going to the supreme court before it goes to the appellate court in new york on an emergency petition? you could certainly make that three-point shot. i would bet against it. the supreme court has ruled against jack smith trying to short-circuit his case against
they ll grant cert. but that takes a long time. the question is, can trump and his team do something to get, to short circuit that and get to the supreme court right away, and i think it s extremely unlikely. now, if judge merchan people have suggested if judge merchan were to fashion a sentence or conditions of release that interfere with trump s political campaign, that there might be a hook to take it to the supreme court. that is an extreme long shot. neil: remember saw rebecca, for the time being donald trump is a convicted felon. when that sticks, of course, anyone s guess. a convicted felon normally cannot vote. can donald trump? well, in this case he hasn t been fully sentenced but, yes, he is a convicted felon. he can run for office. so i think we should focus on the fact that he can run for office, and we are going to
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