Trump endures embarrassment of criminal sentencing just 10 days before taking office

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : And the people of our country got to see this first-hand," Trump said, "and then they voted and I won.
61% : "So I'll do my little thing tomorrow, they can have fun with their political opponent ...
59% : Trump is expected, yet again, to ask the Supreme Court to weigh in.
58% : The court's 5-4 decision Thursday to deny the president-elect's last-minute effort to delay sentencing in his New York hush money case set up a stunning moment in court on Friday morning, just 10 days before Trump will be sworn in for a second term.
51% : Roberts will see Trump face-to-face on Inauguration Day on January 20 as he's expected to preside over the swearing in.
47% : But it will not quell the widespread anxiety among liberals that the conservative majority Trump built in his first term will show considerable deference to the commander in chief in a second administration that may test the rule of law and the Constitution more than his first.
43% : Two conservatives join the liberals The two conservatives who joined the liberals were Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who was appointed by Trump in his first term.
42% : It's a judge that shouldn't have been on the case," Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago club.
40% : Judge Juan Merchan had already said he wouldn't impose a jail term, and in sentencing Trump on Friday morning to an unconditional discharge, he noted the unique circumstances.
37% : In another unusual twist in a staggering legal saga, Trump has picked two of his lawyers who filed the appeal to the top bench, Todd Blanche and D. John Sauer, to serve as deputy attorney general and solicitor general, respectively, in his new administration.
35% : " The hearing underscored that Trump will be the first president to take office with a criminal conviction written into his official record.
34% : Trump was convicted in May on 34 counts of falsifying business records over payments to his then-lawyer Michael Cohen to reimburse a $130,000 hush money payment made to adult-film star Stormy Daniels in order to keep her from speaking out about an alleged affair before the 2016 election.
34% : Trump pleaded not guilty in the case and has denied the affair.
31% : The hush money case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg was long regarded as the weakest of the four criminal matters that Trump faced in the run-up to the election, but it was the only one to reach a conclusion.
28% : Trump may not have needed any more incentive to use his powers as president to avenge what he claims is the weaponization of justice against him.
25% : I'm a former, very successful president," Trump said, complaining that he was a victim of a "judge working real hard to try and embarrass" him.
21% : Trump did not appear in person but joined virtually from his home in Florida, from which he addressed the court, showing zero contrition and calling the case "a very terrible experience" and saying, "I'm totally innocent.
19% : " Trump attacks the case and the judge Trump's remarks before the court were a familiar litany of grievances and attacks on everyone involved in the case.
10% : Four other conservatives would have granted Trump's request to delay sentencing, including Justice Samuel Alito, who faced Democratic calls to recuse himself after a recent phone call with Trump on what he said was an unrelated matter.
5% : "Donald Trump, the ordinary citizen, Donald Trump, the criminal defendant, would not be entitled to such considerable protections.

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