“This is not a decision this court makes lightly but it is the decision which in this court’s view, best advances the interests of justice..."

Doubt.

Fuck this noise. His ass should be in a holding pen awaiting his sentencing. Then maybe he'd want to do it a little sooner. Unfortunately, we continue to keep handling him with the softest, fluffiest, Downy fresh kid gloves.

It doesn't keep the voters in the dark about anything. It further cements the fact that nobody with any power to do so is willing to actually hold Trump accountable for the many crimes he has committed. It has been 4 fucking years since he has been president and 8 fucking years since this specific crime was committed. They should have sentenced him immediately after conviction like any normal convicted criminal. I guarantee if he gets elected he won't get sentenced, so why postpone sentencing?

Not exactly related to this article but, I looked this judge up on Ballotpedia, and found this funny little tidbit.

Judge Merchan handed the Trump Organization a $1.6M fine in that tax case a couple years ago. The District Attorney for Manhattan, Alvin Bragg, said:

"While corporations can’t serve jail time, this consequential conviction and sentencing serves as a reminder to corporations and executives that you cannot defraud tax authorities and get away with it."

What a head of cabbage. As if a couple million dollars is anything to these corporations. These fines need to be double digit percentages of revenue before they get viewed as anything other than a line item on the expense report.

Everyone going "This is for the best, that way he can't easily appeal" are on lethal doses of copium. This man is never going to see the inside of a prison.

I'm rooting for a blood clot, embolism or aneurysm instead.

It's a shame this man's right to a speedy trial are being subverted here.

You’ve got to be fucking kidding me.

Bitch-ass move.

Still treating the orange pervert with kid gloves it looks like.

The intent here is probably to avoid MAGA riots before the election.

His "tough guy" face is truly hilarious. He did it in his mug shot, too. He's trying sooo fucking hard.

Investigate that judge.

Maybe this will increase voter turnout for people who want to see Trump get sentenced and not avoid his sentence

So what happens if he's elected but is incarcerated at the time of his inauguration?

I've been disappointed each and every time something gets delayed, but at this point I think I'm willing to acknowledge that it is perhaps best for everyone is Trump is sentenced after the election.

If he were to go to jail now you'd never hear the end of it. As though the US was stolen by the radical left, imprisoning political opponents et cetera. Obviously that's not a narrative based in reality, but it would be the prevailing narrative amongst conservatives none the less.

The republicans would fall inline behind someone equally repulsive, if just a tiny bit more electable.

The best way forward for everyone is for him to lose convincingly in November, and then send his ass to proper jail with no twitter or diapers et cetera.

On a prison diet with no prospects he will become frail and irrelevant in a matter of weeks. Even his own children wouldn't bother to visit because jail is icky and their bread is already buttered really. It's the outcome he deserves and I would very much like to see it.

This is the only way the republican party would dial back the weirdness.