Donald Trump caught in "predicament" of his own making: Ex-prosecutor

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : "Trump's attorneys in Wednesday's request to the Supreme Court: "President Trump is currently engaged in the most crucial and sensitive tasks of preparing to assume the Executive Power in less than two weeks, all of which are essential to the United States' national security and vital interests.
57% : Instead, Merchan has suggested that an unconditional discharge -- allowing Trump to be immediately released after sentencing while his conviction remains on record -- may be the most appropriate option.
52% : Merchan has ordered Trump to appear in person in New York or virtually for the January 10 sentencing.
51% : Preet Bharara on Cafe Insider: "The predicament that Trump finds himself in is of his own making.
40% : Trump is set to make history as the first convicted felon to be sworn in as U.S. president on January 20.
35% : Again and again, Trump engages in this argument that something is unfair when he's the cause of the delay in the first place.
34% : "Judge Juan Merchan in a January 3 ruling: "While Defendant [Trump] now claims this Court cannot and must not sentence Defendant, the record is clear that Defendant not only consented to, but in fact requested the very adjournment that led us down the path we are on.
30% : Forcing President Trump to prepare for a criminal sentencing in a felony case while he is preparing to lead the free world as President of the United States in less than two weeks imposes an intolerable, unconstitutional burden on him that undermines these vital national interests.
27% : Trump has denied the charges.
27% : "Trump will now have no further steps of appeal to take if the Supreme Court, the nation's highest court, does not agree to pause his hush money sentence.
25% : On Wednesday, Trump asked the Supreme Court to halt his hush money sentence.
22% : Trump was convicted in May of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
18% : Prosecutors alleged that Trump directed his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, to pay adult film star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to conceal an alleged affair ahead of the 2016 election.
17% : Preet Bharara, a former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York who was fired by Trump in 2017, made the remarks Tuesday's episode of the Cafe Insider podcast, which he co-hosts with former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance.
16% : "Joyce Vance, a former U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama during the Barack Obama administration, on Cafe Insider: "This is such an elegant argument that the judge is making, in essence, putting it on Trump, saying you misled the court.

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