Trump's sentencing hearing also spared him from asking for mercy

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : By the time he appeared virtually in Merchan's courtroom Friday morning, Trump knew full well that he would face no real penalty for his conviction.
41% : Trump will now be the first president to enter the White House having been convicted of a felony.
33% : Instead, Trump recycled some of his greatest hits about the case, arguing that he "did nothing wrong" and that the charges amounted to "a political witch hunt." While a conviction based on nonviolent felonies would not necessarily lead to prison time in a typical case, Merchan laid out the aggravating factors that could have led to a prison sentence here.
33% : He wrote that Trump "has gone to great lengths to broadcast on social media and other forums his lack of respect for judges, juries, grand juries and the justice system as a whole.
30% : Today's sentence was about protecting the office of the presidency, not the person who will occupy it, and there may be other attempts to hold Trump accountable in the future.
28% : This spared Trump from having to do what virtually any other defendant would do: plead for a light sentence based on mitigating factors.
21% : " In his closing statements before the court, prosecutor Joshua Steinglass argued that Trump "has caused enduring damage to the public perception of the criminal justice system."

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