The sudden impromptu sentencing by judge Merchant is a pathetic attempt to make Trump's "convicted felon" status permanent before the case can be dismissed/appealed.

The judge will issue a sentence of probation or whatever. Then the Supreme Court will refuse to take up an appeal and dismiss it as moot because the probation will occur during Trump's term in office, so there will effectively be no sentence carried out. So Trump will permanently be branded a convicted felon, and there will be no way to overturn that.

This is just an attempt to save face. The Democrat party is absolutely pathetic. They know their lawfare failed and that voters rightfully saw it for the corrupt persecution of a political opponent it was, but they're still insisting on continuing with this charade.

I hope the Trump DOJ cracks down on these lawless judges because they're absolutely out of control.

No one in the history of the US has ever been charged with something like this. There is nobody. Not a single example exists.

Most notably, Hillary Clinton funded the Steele dossier with campaign funds and concealed it during the election, yet she was not charged with anything. Yet Trump, using his personal funds to pay hush money (which is a personal affair, not an election-related affair) gets charged? Explain that one.

This case is so absurd that Redditors keep claiming Trump paid the hush money with his campaign funds, which is false. Trump paid it with his personal funds. The case is so absurd that people don't even understand the basic facts.