Trump's scot-free sentencing is proof of special treatment throughout trials

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Trump, however, continues to act with impunity in his own inverted fairytale.
52% : Trump would have appointed a firebrand special counsel to aggressively pursue the cases from day one.
51% : But Trump received special treatment throughout.
49% : Trump understood during last year's election campaign that the White House would be his get-out-of-jail card.
45% : Like so many others, he thought that the problem of Trump had taken care of itself and that his election meant a return to normalcy.
43% : It cemented the fact that Trump will enter office 10 days from now as the first US president convicted of a crime.
41% : But in the eyes of the average voter, Trump got off scot-free.
41% : Even then, Trump was allowed to appear virtually from his Florida home - "the fact is I'm totally innocent.
35% : Merchan had indicated in advance that Trump would not face jail time because it was not "practicable" given his imminent return to the White House.
26% : President-elect gets unconditional discharge for hush-money conviction - a rare sentence that cements impunityAt his campaign rallies last year, Donald Trump would sometimes gaze up at the heavens and wonder what his late mother and father would have thought of their son standing trial as an accused criminal.
25% : Garland was far too cautious in prosecuting Trump over his role in the January 6 2021 insurrection and mishandling of classified documents.
20% : A year ago Trump faced four criminal cases.

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