Donald Trump could end up being forced to pick up trash from the street, clean graffiti or carry out other menial tasks if he’s hit with community service as part of his sentencing for his felony conviction, experts explained.
Trump, 77, is slated to be sentenced on July 11 by Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan after making history Thursday as the first US president to be convicted of a crime.
The presumptive GOP presidential nominee was found guilty by a jury of 34 counts of falsifying business records for concealing hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election.
Here are the possible sentences Trump faces, and how his likely appeal of the verdict might play out:
The real estate tycoon faces a possible maximum of four years imprisonment for each of the 34 counts against him. If he were to be sentenced to less than a year behind bars, he’d be sent to jail, not prison.
But given that Trump was found guilty of non-violent crimes and has never been convicted before, legal experts said he’s unlikely to get hard time, and is more likely to receive probation or a conditional discharge.