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In reply to the discussion: As much as I admire Lawrence, I don't agree we can't incarcerate Trump [View all]EndlessWire
(6,584 posts)J. Merchan can fairly sentence a convicted Trump without any consideration of where he will serve the sentence, be it prison, a country club, house arrest, or other. Obviously, Gitmo is out.
But, once he's decided what is fair, I think the jail system, or the Bureau of Prisons, or whoever decides at the state level, will decide where they can successfully put him. He is a civilian, a citizen, despite his bluster of being the next President. The Secret Service can be whittled down to just one guy--or all of them. It doesn't matter. It just wouldn't be a plush assignment.
Trump can be held in solitary confinement (like he did to Cohen) due to keeping his nasty ass safe. He can be held away from Genpop, and carted back and forth to his other trials.
Why has this become so hard? If he's convicted and J. Merchan sends him to jail for 90 days, or four years, there is a spot for him. He has to be put in a spot where outside protestors can't be allowed daily interaction with him.
It's not J. Merchan's problem. His duty is to dish out the punishment within fair guidelines, not to decide the punishment based on what we can handle. We've got this.