President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced in his hush money case on Friday morning after the Supreme Court on Thursday denied to pause proceedings. However, the Republican “gets a benefit” from one final perp walk in court before taking office, a top CNN legal expert claims.
Elie Honig, a prominent on-air attorney for the network, said Trump has a wealth of options for appealing his conviction on 34 felony counts of concealing a hush money payment to Stormy Daniels. By receiving his sentence on Friday from Judge Juan Merchan – who has already indicated jail time is essentially out of the question – Trump may empower his attorneys to seek a full appeal of the conviction which Supreme Court justices said may have substantial grounds. “I think it was perfectly sound,” Honig said. “Basically, the justices in the majority said two things. First of all, they said ‘What‘s the harm? You‘re going to get sentenced to zero. You can do it by Zoom. You can roll out of bed and do it. And, second of all, you do maybe have substantial issues.’ I think he has substantial issues on appeal, but you can handle them through the full appeal process that