New York prosecutors face what's next in Trump's hush money case

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : For weeks, the courthouse served as a campaign base with Trump using time in front of cameras to get out his message.
44% : Trump's conviction in May for falsifying business documents involves $130,000 paid to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels in the weeks before the 2016 presidential election to keep her quiet about their alleged sexual encounter years earlier, which he denies.Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and his team could ask Merchan to sentence Trump this month as planned or before he is sworn in on Jan. 20.
39% : While it's possible arrangements could be made for Trump to serve time elsewhere, his team would argue that any jail or prison facility or home confinement would be unworkable and unsafe, especially in light of two apparent assassination attempts this year.Columbia Law School professor Daniel Richman said the most plausible option may be to hold off on sentencing until Trump is out of office, in part because of the Supreme Court's recent broad immunity decision regarding presidents.
38% : Trump has faced an avalanche of investigations and lawsuits in recent years and the Manhattan district attorney's probe into his business activities is one of the oldest among them, spanning two elected prosecutors' administrations and involving a number of current and former district attorney staffers.
37% : Special counsel Jack Smith filed charges against Trump in Florida for illegally hoarding classified documents at his Palm Beach residence and private club Mar-a-Lago after his term ended and interfering with government efforts to retrieve them.
36% : Trump was not prohibited from speaking freely about the judge and Bragg.
35% : Bragg could suggest postponing the sentencing until 2029, when Trump would resume his civilian status.
34% : Trump also has open criminal proceedings in D.C., in another Smith case, for election obstruction related to his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and in state court in Georgia for election interference.
32% : Trump was charged in four criminal cases after his first term in office, but only the New York prosecution went to trial before his election win, apparently leaving the others in jeopardy.
25% : The jury decision this year finding Trump guilty in the hush money case, which was presided over by New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, left him facing up to four years in prison.
25% : Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen, now a Trump critic, testified that Trump reimbursed him for payments to Daniels on his behalf and that they had agreed they would be kept secret.
22% : Daniels described in detail her alleged encounter with Trump in his room after a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe in 2006.
20% : To protect members of Bragg's team, court staff and jurors, Merchan issued a gag order that Trump violated 10 times.
17% : Trump went on lengthy commentaries in the courthouse hallway about what he said was an unfair process, a biased and vengeful judge and prosecutor, and lying witnesses.

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