Defendants hoping for lenient treatment at their sentencing are generally expected to take responsibility for their actions, even express remorse.to the state prosecution, called the star witness against him a “sleazebag" and said the judge was a “devil" and “highly conflicted.”
As part of a broader, rambling broadside against the case, Trump has sought to downplay any concerns about his sentence, saying in a “Fox & Friends Weekend” interview that aired on Sunday that he was “OK” with the prospect of imprisonment or home confinement. “If he turns around and blames the court, attacks prosecutors, decries this as a witch hunt, lies — you should have no misgiving: There will be consequences and there should be consequences,” said Jeremy Saland, a former assistant district attorney in Manhattan.as well as involvement in the subsequent scheme to buy her silence — would make any change of tune at his sentencing seem disingenuous.