New York prosecutors say Trump's criminal conviction should stand: "President-elect immunity does not exist"

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Trump was the first person to be elected president after being convicted of crimes.
58% : In March 2023, Trump became the first former president ever indicted when a grand jury concluded he should be charged.
56% : Trump authorized a scheme to conceal reimbursements to a lawyer who made the payment days before Trump's first election.
51% : Trump pleaded not guilty in the case and has promised to appeal his conviction.
45% : "If [Trump] is not sentenced before his inauguration, there is also no legal barrier to deferring that sentencing until after the end of his presidency," they wrote.Prosecutors also floated terminating the case "with a notation that the jury verdict has not been vacated and the indictment has not been dismissed," an option they acknowledged is typically used when defendants die before case proceedings conclude.

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