Donald Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on July 11 at 10 a.m., just four days before the start of the Republican National Convention, where he will accept the Republican Party’s presidential nomination.
Trump was found guilty Thursday of all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
It will be up to Judge Juan Merchán to decide if his punishment will include jail time.
The former president will remain free on parole until the sentencing date, Judge Merchan said.
Trump is expected to appeal the verdict in the hush money trial. But he cannot officially file an appeal until after the sentencing date.
Meanwhile, Republicans will meet in Milwaukee on July 15 to nominate Trump for president. The convention is scheduled for July 18.
Trump, as a candidate, is expected to personally address the convention on his final night.
Donald Trump’s sentencing is scheduled for July 11
Each charge carries the possibility of up to four years in prison, and the sentences for each charge will almost certainly run concurrently.
But, as a first-time, non-violent offender, a prison sentence is not mandatory.
Trump could receive a sentence of probation, without prison time. That would require him to report periodically to the New York City Probation Department and he could be jailed immediately if he committed additional crimes.
You could also be ordered to perform community service.
House arrest is also an option.
Trump, as a former president, has a Secret Service detail, which would complicate a prison sentence.
It is unclear whether Trump would have to report to prison immediately if Merchan sentences him to prison, given the expectation that he will appeal.
An appeals process would take months and could extend well beyond the Nov. 5 election.
The former president was defiant in the face of his conviction.
“The real verdict will be on November 5th by the people and they know what happened here and everyone knows what happened here,” he said outside the courtroom.
Judge Juan Merchán will decide Trump’s punishment and whether or not he will go to jail
Thursday’s verdict comes after five weeks of dramatic evidence and 22 witnesses questioned on the stand.
Prosecutors spoke of a plot by Trump to “corrupt” the 2016 election by hiding a $130,000 payment from his “fixer” Michael Cohen to porn star Stormy Daniels.
Daniels alleged that she and Trump had sex a decade earlier, which he has denied.
