Former President Donald Trump insists he is OK if he is sentenced to house arrest.
During an interview on “Fox & Friends Weekend” the former president was asked how he would “face” being sentenced to house arrest or jail.
“I’m OK with it,” Trump responded. “I saw one of my lawyers the other day on television saying, ‘Oh, no, you don’t want to do that to the president.’ I said, don’t, you know, beg for anything. It’s just the way it is.”
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However, he predicted such a sentence would not sit will with the American public.
“I’m not sure that the public would stand for it. I think it would be tough for the public to take,” Trump said.
He added, “At a certain point, there’s a breaking point.”
On Thursday, Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in an attempt to cover up a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.
Conservatives have criticized the case and alleged it was an example of selective prosecution against Trump.
Additionally, they have took issue with the legal theory of the case which bumped the charges up from misdemeanors to felonies on the basis that business records were falsified in furtherance of another crime. And while the prosecution did not precisely make clear what the other crime was, it argued the falsification was done in furtherance of a campaign finance violation in closing arguments.
“This is a rigged disgraceful trial. The real verdict is going to be November 5th by the people,” he told reporters in the courthouse after the verdict was announced.
Trump went on:
“We didn’t do a thing wrong. I’m a very innocent man. It’s okay. I’m fighting for our country, I’m fighting for our Constitution. Our whole country is being rigged right now. This was done by the Biden administration in order to wound or hurt a political opponent.”
Finally, he added, “And we’ll keep fighting. We’ll fight to the end and we’ll win. Because our country has gone to hell. We don’t have the same country anymore.”
Trump is due to be sentenced on July 11, just days before the Republican National Convention when he is set to be formally nominated for president.
The Associated Press notes the charge of falsifying business records carries a penalty of up to four years in prison. However, it is unclear if the judge will sentence him to prison.
