Fox News, CNN react to Trump's felony sentencing: 'It's now official' | Opinion

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Trump addressed the court 'like a Truth Social post'Trump was allowed to address the court, which we couldn't hear until after the proceedings were over when Merchan released the audio recordings.
40% : "There's no question that so many people across the country and just about every legal expert that we've had on our air thinks this was ginned up politically to try to taint Donald Trump," Roberts said before the sentencing, "and that all that Juan Merchan and (district attorney) Alvin Bragg are looking for is a trophy head to hang on their wall."
28% : This was a case in which there was testimony about hush money paid to a porn star to keep her quiet about an alleged affair with Trump, as well as a primer on the sleazy world of "catch and kill," the practice of buying rights to a story and then never publishing it.
26% : "He is now branded, ah, Donald Trump with a scarlet letter of a big F on his forehead that he is a convicted felon.
24% : "That means it is now official, that Donald Trump has been convicted of a felony," Elie Honig, a CNN legal analyst, said as the conviction came down.
17% : Justice Juan Merchan sentenced Trump to an unconditional discharge, meaning Trump, who takes office in 10 days, will avoid jail time or any serious punishment after being convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records on Thursday, Jan. 10.
11% : Yet as both Turley and Trump pointed out on Friday, the American people elected Trump despite this.
9% : If you're Trump, or I suppose Roberts and Turley, who can continue to complain about it.

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