Well, today was a routine work day for America's 93,900 probation officers.

But one of those probation officers had the least routine workday of that probation officer's life today when that

probation officer in New York City became the first probation officer in

history to interview a former president of the

United States. Donald Trump's first probation interview today is a

standard and necessary part of determining what sentence Donald Trump should receive after a

Manhattan jury found him guilty of 34 felony charges of falsifying business records

with the criminal intent of violating New York

election law in the 2016 presidential election. The probation department will use

Donald Trump's responses today to determine what sentence the probation department

will recommend for defendant Trump at his sentencing hearing on July 11th.

In yet another demonstration of Donald Trump getting extra favorable

treatment while he is complaining of being persecuted.

Judge Juan Mershahn allowed Donald Trump's criminal defense lawyer to attend Donald

Trump's first probation meeting and the probation department allowed that meeting to

take place virtually with Donald

Trump in Florida. The special treatment for Donald Trump did not go unnoticed

by the Legal Aid Society, the Bronx defenders,

defenders, New York County Defender Services, and Neighborhood Defender Services

of Harlem.

They issued a joint statement saying, all people convicted of crimes should be allowed counsel in their

probation interview not just billionaires this is just another example of the

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