Welcome to The Lost Debate, a show for politically eclectics. I'm Robbie Gupta. And big news, Trump was found guilty on all counts, including the felony counts. And this was just announced. Trump came out and blasted the judge, blasted the decision. The question is, what happens now? The parties are expected to submit sentencing memos in which each side presents

arguments in favor of whatever they think the punishment should be. Obviously, Trump's team is

going to argue for no jail time, prison time. The prosecution will probably push for prison time.

Trump will then sit for an interview with a probation officer who's going to issue a pre-sentencing

report.

Questions will include questions about Trump's personal history, his criminal record, whether he's repentant or not.

And those responses will be incorporated into a pre-sentence report for the judge, which includes recommendations for the judge to consider.

The sentencing date will probably take place in the next few months.

My guess would be the end of summer unless the judge decides to postpone that until after the

election.

The charges against Trump are class E felonies, the least serious of category of charges,

felony charges in New York.

Each count carries a maximum sentence of four years in prison.

Other possible consequences could be fines in restitution, probation, other conditions.

Prison can happen. As I mentioned on the show earlier today, Norm Eisen, a former Obama

administration ethics official, reviewed thousands of cases in New York that charged the same felony and found that Trump could face jail time, but more often than not people don't face prison time for these types of crimes. And he said it was one in ten. And the factors here are really important, though. Like,

what would make somebody have to spend time in prison or not? Well, one is your prior record.

In this case, Trump has not been convicted of a felony previously, but he has been charged

with multiple, he's currently been charged with multiple felonies. So how the state and the city

view that will be interesting.

But more importantly for Trump, the question of your behavior during the trial is relevant.

So the fact that he's blasted the judge, the fact that he's violated the gag order,

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