New York Judge Juan Merchan decided to delay former President Donald Trump’s sentencing on his New York business records convictions until after the election to allow himself more flexibility in sentencing the GOP nominee, Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law professor emeritus, told Newsmax Sunday. 

But, Dershowitz said on Newsmax’s “Sunday Report” he does not think Merchan will sentence the GOP presidential nominee to prison.

“I think he might suspend the sentence, but I think he’s going to say this conviction warrants imprisonment,” he said. “Of course it doesn’t. It warrants nothing, but I think that’s what he’s going to do or give him a probationary sentence and home confinement.”

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