Trump says he’s ‘OK’ with serving potential jail time or house arrest after historic conviction

Kit Maher, CNN

NEW YORK (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said he is “OK” pinch serving imaginable jailhouse clip aliases being nether location apprehension pursuing his historic condemnation connected 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.

“I’m OK pinch it,” Trump told Fox News successful an question and reply that aired Sunday erstwhile asked astir nan imaginable punishments. “I saw 1 of my lawyers nan different time connected tv saying, ‘Oh no, you don’t want to do that to nan president.’ I said: You don’t request for anything.”

But, Trump added, “I don’t deliberation nan nationalist would guidelines it. I’m not judge nan nationalist would guidelines for it.”

“I deliberation it would beryllium reliable for nan nationalist to take, you know, astatine a definite point, there’s a breaking point,” Trump said.

His comments travel conscionable days aft a Manhattan jury found Trump guilty of each charges in his hush money trial, making him nan first erstwhile president to beryllium recovered blameworthy of a felony and nan first major-party statesmanlike nominee to beryllium convicted of a crime successful nan midst of a run for nan White House.

Judge Juan Merchan group Trump’s sentencing for 10 a.m. ET on July 11. Merchan could condemnation Trump to probation aliases up to 4 years successful authorities situation connected each count, pinch a maximum of 20 years.

For now, nan erstwhile president remains retired of situation arsenic he awaits sentencing. He maintained successful nan Fox News question and reply that he didn’t do thing incorrect and railed against nan “sick” group progressive successful his conviction.

“I’m fighting for nan Constitution,” Trump said, adding that nan proceedings had been “tougher” connected his family than himself. Speaking specifically of his wife, erstwhile first woman Melania Trump, nan erstwhile president said, “She’s fine, but I deliberation it’s very difficult for her. I mean, she’s fine. But it’s … you know, she has to publication each this crap.”

Asked astir nan imaginable of seeking governmental retribution should he triumph nan 2024 statesmanlike election, Trump said that while conscionable succeeding sounds “beautiful,” it’s “awfully difficult erstwhile you spot what they’ve done.”

“These group are truthful evil, and astatine nan aforesaid clip nan state tin travel together,” he added.

This communicative has been updated pinch further information.

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