“President Trump believes that anyone convicted of a crime should spend time behind bars,” a spokeswoman for former President Donald Trump’s campaign commented on reports this week of a Trump pardon recipient’s conviction on domestic violence charges.
Trump’s national press secretary Caroline Levitt said about it The New York Times Trump commuted his sentence in 2021 in response to the new conviction of Jaime A. Davidson.
Trump was indicted by a Manhattan jury in May on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. His sentencing is scheduled for September 18.
Asked if Trump’s views on prison sentences were based on his own judgment, Leavitt told NBC News a slightly different statement from what he told The New York Times: “President Trump believes that criminals are treated differently than Kamala Harris. should spend time behind bars. wants to cancel the cash bail”.
There is Trump searched for a long time Describing his conviction and other pending trials in New York as a witch hunt.
Tuesday, A federal judge to rejectd Trump’s proposal to take the New York hush-hush case to federal court.
Trump’s legal team is also asking presiding judge Juan Mercan to delay sentencing until after the Nov. 5 presidential election. Merchan must make a decision on the matter on September 16, two days before the sentencing.
Trump has been indicted in other cases – two for election meddling and one for classified documents. He pleaded not guilty to each case.
Jonathan Allen contributed.