The odds are Merchan will sentence DJT to jail. What happens if he goes to Rikers and the Dems remove his security? Can they remove the Secret Service detail assigned to protect him? You know they will try anything and everything.
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It won't happen.
I believe they will try and fail. You have a LOT of things that would have to go just right for him to see the inside of a prison cell.
You would need to have whatever ruling happen, you would have to have the sherrifs come and get him (which wouldn't happen bc you have to coordinate w SS) you will still have to have a sentencing case as well, then you have endless appeals eventually to scotus, so ALL of that would have to go right.
The system isn’t set up (generally) for a person convicted of a crime to stay out of prison while they exhaust appeals. While there are exceptions, it would be highly unusual for him to stay out for years pending appeal.