{"id":28117,"date":"2024-06-10T08:13:19","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T12:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/?p=28117"},"modified":"2024-06-10T08:13:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T12:13:30","slug":"today-donald-trump-will-sit-for-his-pre-sentencing-probation-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/today-donald-trump-will-sit-for-his-pre-sentencing-probation-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Today, Donald Trump will sit for his pre-sentencing probation interview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"623\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/cvr-02-Donald-Trump-TW-02.jpg\" alt=\"Ace News Today - Donald Trump will sit for his pre-sentencing probation interview\n\" class=\"wp-image-28118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/cvr-02-Donald-Trump-TW-02.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/cvr-02-Donald-Trump-TW-02-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/cvr-02-Donald-Trump-TW-02-435x244.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>(What are the judge\u2019s sentencing options for Donald Trump? \u2013 Image credit: Twitter)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Donald Trump, the 45<sup>th<\/sup> president of the United States who was recently found guilty of all 34 felony counts in a Manhattan criminal hush money trial where he was convicted of <em>falsifying business records to conceal another crime<\/em>, is scheduled to sit for a probation interview today, June 6, 2024, as required in anticipation of his upcoming July 11 sentencing.\u00a0 The interview will be conducted remotely with Trump being interviewed by a female probation officer who will be speaking with the former president from New York City, while Trump will be sitting in front of a video camera at his Mar-a-Lago residence.\u00a0 Trump is expected to be accompanied by legal counsel during the historic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-probation-interview-monday-hush-money-conviction-rcna156219\">probation interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Related, see:&nbsp; <em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/trump-found-guilty-on-all-34-felony-counts-whats-next-for-the-former-president\/\">Trump found guilty on all 34 felony counts: What\u2019s next for the former president?<\/a>\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The purpose of this mandatory pre-sentencing probation interview is to prepare a report that will inform the judge more about the defendant, and potentially help determine the proper punishment for the crime.\u00a0 Such reports are typically prepared by a probation officer, a social worker or a psychologist working for the probation department who interviews the defendant and possibly that person\u2019s family and friends, as well as people affected by the crime.\u00a0 ~ <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/us\/trump-to-undergo-probation-interview-monday-a-required-step-before-his-new-york-sentencing\/ar-BB1nUNLB?ocid=BingNewsSerp\">The Associated Press<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The presentence report gleaned by today\u2019s probation interview, which usually covers topics like the defendant\u2019s personal history, criminal history, financial resources, history of mental health, physical or addiction, the defendant\u2019s living situation, and any prosecutorial recommendations for sentencing \u2013 also provides an opportunity for Trump to \u201cplead his case\u201d in the hopes of receiving the softest possible sentencing by Judge Juan Manuel Merchan.\u00a0 The Trump defense team is scheduled to submit their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-probation-interview-monday-hush-money-conviction-rcna156219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sentencing recommendation<\/a> on June 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When July 11 rolls around, Merchan will have a wide range of sentencing options available to him for the former president.\u00a0 The maximum prison term he could hand down is four years behind bars.\u00a0 House arrest, community service, probation and a combination of any of those options are also possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"611\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/INLINE-Donald-Trump-TW-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/INLINE-Donald-Trump-TW-01.jpg 611w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/INLINE-Donald-Trump-TW-01-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/INLINE-Donald-Trump-TW-01-435x228.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>(Image credit: Twitter)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The general thinking on the part of legal experts is that due to Trump\u2019s age, lack of any serious criminal convictions, and perhaps in consideration that he was once president of the United States, there won\u2019t be any jail time handed down \u2013 unless Trump\u2019s behavior regarding ignoring the judge\u2019s gag order on multiple occasions is taken into account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-probation-interview-monday-hush-money-conviction-rcna156219\">NBC News<\/a><\/em> shared former Manhattan prosecutor Duncan Levin\u2019s belief that the prosecution will indeed be seeking jail time for Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cTo the extent that an E felony is punishable by jail, this case screams out for jail time, he has shown no remorse and has been held in contempt 10 times, but the judge warned him if he breaks the gag order I will send you to jail and then he did it again several times,\u201d Levin said. \u201cAnd subverting the election process is as serious a records violation as has ever come through the New York courts.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>For more on Donald Trump\u2019s probation interview, see the video accompanying this article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Video:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#039;It\u2019s sort of remarkable&#039;: Weissmann reveals key question Trump will be asked by probation officer\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/755GV65MsJc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Posted by Richard Webster, Ace News Today<\/em><em><br>Follow Richard on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/richard.webster.31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><em>,&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rdwebster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Twitter<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;<em>&amp;&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rdwebster54\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Instagram<\/em><\/a><em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump will be interviewed by a NYC Probation Officer who will prepare a report for the Judge overseeing the former president\u2019s case<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[503,18,547,6006,17582,3079,27,217,11,12637,6678],"tags":[29,18066,18062,18065,18061,18063,23,13907,10343,364,32,10,17463,18064],"class_list":["post-28117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","category-crime-courts","category-events","category-government","category-national-news","category-police","category-politics","category-strange-news","category-top-news","category-trending-news","category-video","tag-donald-trump","tag-donald-trump-contempt-of-court","tag-donald-trump-convicted-of-falsifying-business-records-to-conceal-another-crime","tag-donald-trump-gag-order","tag-donald-trump-hush-money-trial","tag-donald-trump-probation-interview","tag-florida","tag-judge-juan-manuel-merchan","tag-mar-a-lago","tag-new-york-city","tag-politics","tag-top-news","tag-trending-news","tag-what-are-the-sentencing-options-for-donald-trump","clearfix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28117"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28122,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28117\/revisions\/28122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}