Prior to returning to the White House, President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to be sentenced in his New York criminal trial after being convicted of 34 felony counts.
On May 30, the former president was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records relating to a hush money payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels by Trump’s then-lawyer, Michael Cohen, before the 2016 presidential election. Trump is appealing the verdict.
The Manhattan jury delivered the guilty verdict in May, making Trump the first former president convicted of felony charges. He will now be the first convicted felon to win the Oval Office.
Newsweek has reached out to Trump’s legal team and several legal analysts for comment via email on Wednesday.
Calls to drop Trump’s convicted have already come, with former Attorney General Bill Barr, who served in Trump’s administration, telling Fox News on Wednesday, “I think Attorney General Garland and the state prosecutors should respect the people’s decision and …