Judge to rule whether to throw out Trump's criminal hush money conviction

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : If the conviction is upheld, Trump, 78, is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 26 -- less than two months before his inauguration.
42% : If Merchan tosses the conviction, the judge could still order a new trial -- which would be delayed for at least four years until Trump leaves office.
30% : Meanwhile, Justice Department officials are likely to drop the pair of cases brought against Trump by special counsel Jack Smith while he was out of office related to his attempt to overturn the 2020 election and hoarding of classified documents.
29% : Former prosecutor Neama Rahmani agreed, saying, "Now that Trump has won, his criminal problems go away.
28% : The President-elect faces up to four years in prison after he was found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in order to cover off payments to porn star Stormy Daniels before Trump was elected president in 2016.

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