Shortly before 8:30AM, just over a dozen anti-Trump demonstrators with the group #RiseAndResist marched up Centre Street & silently gathered in front of the Manhattan #Criminal Courthouse. In the face of heckles from a few #Trump fans, they held signs that read “No Jail Time Is An Injustice To Us All” & “Orange Is The New Orange.”

“We are unhappy that he’s not getting jail time,” said one of the demonstrators, Jamie Bauer, 66. “There’s really no consequences to his actions.”

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Though #Trump will soon begin the #appeal process, the case will be concluded after sentencing, meaning it will no longer hover over him. But he will also be the first convicted #felon to be sworn in as president.

This week, Trump filed a civil action against the judge overseeing the case, challenging a pair of recent rulings that upheld his #conviction. Both rulings rejected Trump’s argument that, as a former & future president, he is entitled to #immunity.

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That civil action, known as an Article 78 proceeding, will essentially serve as an early #appeal. In the coming weeks, a NY appeals court will begin to consider the proceeding.

In remarks Thursday evening at his Mar-a-Lago estate, #Trump attacked the case & vowed to formally appeal, even though he was expected to avoid #jail or any other substantive #punishment.

“We’re going to appeal anyway, just psychologically, because frankly it’s a disgrace,” he said.

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Once he is sentenced, #Trump’s lawyers will have 30 days to file a statement indicating his intent to #appeal. He will then need to mount the actual appeal at New York State’s Appellate Division in Manhattan, & prosecutors will get a chance to respond.

#Legal experts have cast doubt on Trump’s chances of success. Appeals courts typically frown on overturning #jury decisions, barring some glaring error or misconduct by the judge or prosecutors.

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On Friday, Justice Juan M. #Merchan sentenced Donald J. Trump to an #UnconditionalDischarge, a rare & lenient sentence in NY state courts that still cements #Trump’s status as a #felon before his inauguration.

A conditional discharge would have required him to meet certain conditions, like maintaining employment or paying restitution, but Trump will not be subject to any requirements going forward.

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The outcome was expected: Last week, in an 18-page decision, Justice #Merchan said that he planned to give #Trump an #UnconditionalDischarge, writing that it “appears to be the most viable solution to ensure finality.”

Trump, who was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal, had originally faced probation or up to 4 years in prison, & Justice Merchan had ample ground to consider incarceration.

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Since 2014, ⅓ of defendants sentenced to the most serious charge of falsifying business records in the 1st degree in Manhattan received jail time, amounting to less than a year behind bars.

Other defendants received prison time — more than a year’s incarceration — or were sentenced to probation, conditional discharges, community service or fines.

No other defendant in the cases examined received an #UnconditionalDischarge.

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