Trump campaign says the former president believes 'anyone convicted of a crime' should be jailed [View all]

Source: yahoo.com


Megan Lebowitz and Jonathan Allen Wed, September 4, 2024 at 7:50 PM CDT


From Donald Trump’s perspective, his upcoming sentencing in the New York hush money case should include jail time.

A spokesperson for his 2024 campaign commented this week on reports of a Trump clemency recipient being convicted of a domestic violence-related charge by saying, "President Trump believes anyone convicted of a crime should spend time behind bars.”

The statement from Trump’s national press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, to The New York Times was in response to a new conviction of Jaime A. Davidson, whose sentence Trump commuted in 2021.

Trump was convicted in May by a Manhattan jury on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. He is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 18.

Leavitt ...did not respond to requests for comment Wednesday.................



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