Senate Republicans are on record, issuing a caution to Judge Juan Merchan: Don’t put Donald Trump in jail.
Senate Republicans are warning New York Judge Juan Merchan not to sentence former President Trump to prison or house arrest or take any other action that could disrupt the likely GOP nominee’s ability to campaign ahead of the November election.
It could take months for Trump to appeal his conviction on 34 felony counts related to the falsification of business documents, and legal experts don’t expect the conservative-leaning U.S. Supreme Court to intervene to help him.
That means that Trump’s fate rests largely with Merchan, who could choose punishments ranging from prison and house arrest to probation and community service.
Normally, a white-collar crime of this nature, with no previous convictions, would result in probation or some non-carceral punishment, but this has…
