Fox News’s Turley: Trump could face ‘terminal sentence’ if DOJ proves even one count
By Curt_Anderson June 12, 2023 4:12 pm Category: Law (0.0 from 0 votes)
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There’s at least one thing that Jonathan Turley is wrong about. No matter what happens in the trial Trump won’t serve any time in prison. This for the simple reason that as a former president, he has been granted lifetime Secret Service protection. The Secret Service will not be serving jail time in a cell with him. He might be sentenced to home detention in one of his residences.
(The Hill)Former President Donald Trump speaks during the North Carolina Republican Party Convention in Greensboro, N.C., Saturday, June 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
Fox News legal analyst Jonathan Turley says former President Trump could die in prison if convicted on just one count after being indicted by the Justice Department last week on dozens of charges related to his handling of classified documents.
“The problem is, he’s got to run the table — he’s 76 years old,” Turley, a former opinion contributor for The Hill, said of Trump during an appearance on Fox News. “All the government has to do is stick the landing on one count, and he could have a terminal sentence. You’re talking about crimes that have a 10- or 20-year period as a maximum.”
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There’s at least one thing that Jonathan Turley is wrong about. No matter what happens in the trial Trump won’t serve any time in prison. This for the simple reason that as a former president, he has been granted lifetime Secret Service protection. The Secret Service will not be serving jail time in a cell with him. He might be sentenced to home detention in one of his residences.