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‘We’re In Banana Republic Land’: Alan Dershowitz Says Judge Should Delay Trump Sentencing

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Attorney Alan Dershowitz said Wednesday that the United States could wind up in “Banana Republic Land” if New York Judge Juan Merchan sentences former President Donald Trump before the 2024 election.

Trump was convicted in May on 34 counts of falsifying business records, and is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 18. Dershowitz said that Merchan risks influencing the election on the basis of an “invalid verdict,” saying that the sentencing would be akin to what was going on in Venezuela, where dictator Nicolas Maduro is trying to imprison political opponents after a disputed election.

“Judge Merchan should put off the sentencing until after the election and then he can do his sentencing and then the courts will reverse the conviction, but it will not have had an effect on the election,” Dershowitz said during an episode of his podcast, “The Dershow. “But if he sentences him before the election and it has an effect on the election, and then the conviction is reversed, we’re in Banana Republic land. That’s what’s going on today in Venezuela.”

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Dershowitz also called the jury verdict “invalid” earlier the show and argued there is “nothing to this case, zero.”

“I know, I have been handling cases like this since the 1960s,” Dershowitz said. “There is no case here. There is no case here and so Judge Merchan should not be sentencing him before the election. He should be waiting till after the election. The conviction may very well be reversed. If it’s not reversed by the state courts of New York, it may very well be reversed by the Supreme Court, but the one thing you don’t want is to influence an election and then have it reversed.”

Some legal experts have suggested Merchan may delay the sentencing date. Trump attempted to have the case moved to federal court, but Judge Alvin Hellerstein ruled against it on Tuesday.

“Imagine what would happen if it’s a close election and Trump loses. Again, I’m not here pushing for you to vote for Trump, I don’t know who I’m going vote for. I’m telling you this, let’s assume it’s a close election Trump loses … and the polls show that one of the reasons Trump lost is because he was convicted and sentenced by Judge Merchan. And he lost. And then six months later the conviction is reversed and the courts hold that the there was never any basis for having a conviction at all,” Dershowitz said. “What would that make the United States look like? How many bananas will that earn us?”

“You know, we’re up to six bananas. I have to tell you if this sentence goes forward, I’m adding a banana, maybe more, but the idea that you can influence an election through an invalid criminal prosecution, an invalid jury verdict, an invalid conviction, an invalid sentence is, is a horrible thought, and for that reason, and for that reason alone, is enough,” he said.

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