After Donald Trump was convicted of 34 felonies in Manhattan on Thursday, his estranged niece has said he should “absolutely” go to jail.
The former president and presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection to a hush money payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels during his 2016 election campaign. Trump, who pleaded not guilty, and his allies have repeatedly called the case a form of election interference and, following the jury’s verdict, condemned prosecutors and Judge Juan Merchan.
Now Mary Trump—daughter of Fred Trump Jr.—has weighed in on the situation. She is a frequent critic of the former president and has publicly criticized him over everything from his potential second term to his family history.
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The former president and presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection to a hush money payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels during his 2016 election campaign.
Trump, who pleaded not guilty, and his allies have repeatedly called the case a form of election interference and, following the jury’s verdict, condemned prosecutors and Judge Juan Merchan.
“I absolutely think he should go to jail and uh, and that’s not just based on the findings here of 30—of being guilty but because of his egregious behavior during the course of this trial,” Mary Trump responded, with a clip of the conversation having been posted to X, formerly Twitter.
Booking a former president into jail would raise various logistical concerns that have never been addressed before, including how the United States Secret Service would continue to provide round-the-clock protection as required by law.
Syracuse University law professor Gregory Germain told Newsweek that imprisoning a major political party’s prominent presidential candidate would also “create a constitutional crisis, and I would expect emergency motions to stay the sentence pending appeal.”
Allegations that Mary Trump had violated a 2001 non-disclosure agreement by publishing her book and acting as a source for The New York Times reporting on the former president’s tax returns were not dismissed.
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