Watchman: The Likelihood of Trump Serving Time in Prison Is Roughly the Same as the Likelihood of Him or Another Republican Winning the 2024 Presidential Election

HNewsWire: by Tyler Durden Sunday, Jun 18, 2023 – 09:30 AM Authored by Jonathan Turley, Below is my column in the Messenger on the odds of Trump going to jail (as opposed to being convicted) and an interesting option for President Joe Biden: pledge to commute Trump’s sentence.                                             Here is the column: “Can you give me the odds?” The question from a foreign correspondent this week was blunt but understandable. Legal analysts often are asked to give the percentages on a case’s outcome or conviction. This reporter wanted the odds on Trump being convicted. As in the past, I declined to offer a spread. For most of us, convictions are what gamblers call “off the board” bets; handicapping criminal cases can be not just untoward but unwise. In truth, the reporter asked the wrong question if he was trying…

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