Trump's no-penalty sentence: Letters to the Editor -- Jan. 14, 2025

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : The fiasco with Judge Juan Merchan, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and Trump is over.
41% : He claims to be resisting government influence, yet his decision reeks of political pressures, just from a different faction.
27% : Trump tried to hide a sexual liaison with a porn star before the she went public prior to the 2016 election and because a president cannot be charged with a crime while in office, Merchan was under a time constraint.
27% : Trump and his attorneys did everything they could to delay the proceedings with briefs that had no merit, yet people want to criticize the justice system for finding him a convicted criminal.
26% : Let me get this correct: Trump was convicted of 34 counts and the punishment is nothing.

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