Andy McCarthy, Jonathan Turley Say Judge Merchan Will Likely 'Delay' Trump Case Rather Than Drop It

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : "Turley added that Trump is more likely to pay a fine than to serve jail time in relation to his conviction.
36% : Fox News' legal analysts Andy McCarthy and Jonathan Turley predicted Tuesday that Judge Juan Merchan will "delay" rather than drop the Manhattan case against President-elect Donald Trump.Manhattan prosecutors face a Tuesday deadline to tell Merchan how they want to proceed with sentencing Trump after a jury convicted him in May on 34 counts of falsifying business records to keep a $130,000 payment to former porn actress Stormy Daniels undisclosed.
29% : "Turley said he does not expect that the judge will drop the case since a jury had already convicted Trump in the trial, though he argued that delaying the case until after the 2024 election is not a good idea for the country.
29% : Special counsel Jack Smith communicated with the Department of Justice (DOJ) to drop the two cases he brought against Trump following the election.
27% : He charged Trump with over 30 counts for allegedly storing classified documents at Mar-a-Lago and pressed four charges against the now-president-elect for allegedly attempting to overturn the 2020 election on January 6, 2021.
22% : Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis charged Trump with 18 counts in August 2023 under Georgia's "Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations" (RICO) Act for allegedly attempting to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia.

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