Is Donald Trump going to prison? Legal expert weighs in on sentencing | Hush money trial

Trump faces up to four years in prison when his sentencing comes come July 11th lots of people of course talking about this action news reporter John Paul Live at Belmont Plateau with more on the sentencing and John you talked to an expert about the unique aspects of the sentencing phase coming up yeah Rick sure I mean that's what everybody wants to know what will this sentence be as you mentioned we won't know that until July 11 they got more than a month to wait for that but experts are starting to weigh in especially in light of all the things the former president has said since that verdict was read less than 24 hours after the historic guilty verdict for a former president Donald Trump took shots at the judge the da and the justice system what took place yesterday with this judge look we have conflicted but he's a crooked judge and that judge Juan Bashan is the one who will decide Trump's fate for the 34 felony counts for falsifying business records he faces up to 4 years in prison I've never in my 20 plus years of doing criminal prosecutions and criminal defense hearings trials have ever seen a defendant go after a judge and the judicial system like President Trump did today we spoke with attorney Brendan Campbell a former assistant district attorney in Montgomery County who has his own practice in Norristown he says for sentencing judge Maran has broad discretion the judge can do anything within the guidelines up to four years um and there is stuff there right uh the gagar violations the disrespect to the system however he says in this case prison time is highly unlikely Trump was convicted of lowlevel felonies he also doesn't have a prior history and he's 77 years old but there are other aspects to the case including those disparaging comments today mentioning the judge at least 17 times the judge was a tyrant the judge can also consider his disparaging remarks about the judicial system the judge himself the da the whole prosecution now Rick sh another interesting thing about the sentencing date July 11th that comes just days before the RNC and this has proven to be something the former president can fund raise off of raising more than $35 million in the hours since that verdict was read live at the Belmont Plateau John Paul Channel 6 Action News Rick