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Former President Donald Trump accomplished his pre-sentencing interview with the New York Metropolis Division of Probation on Monday after his hush money trial conviction final month, a supply aware of the proceedings informed CNN.
“Earlier in the present day, President Trump accomplished a routine interview with [the] New York Probation Workplace. The interview was uneventful and lasted lower than thirty minutes,” the supply mentioned, including, “The President and his staff will proceed to combat the lawless Manhattan DA Witch Hunt.”
The interview passed off round 3:30 p.m. Monday, a second supply informed CNN.
Trump answered all questions within the digital interview and was described as well mannered, respectful and accommodating to the probation officers, in response to a New York Metropolis official aware of the interview.
Juanita Holmes, commissioner for the New York Metropolis Division of Probation, was current, together with the overall counsel for the division and the officer assigned to Trump’s case, the supply mentioned. Trump legal professional Todd Blanche was additionally current for the assembly. It’s not normal for anybody aside from the assigned officer and the defendant to be current at pre-sentencing interviews.
Trump, in response to the supply, informed the officers to be protected on the finish of the interview.
The probation division didn’t rule out the potential of a follow-up assembly, the supply added.
The assembly types a part of the report the probation division will undergo Decide Juan Merchan to assist determine Trump’s punishment forward of his sentencing, set for 10 a.m. on July 11. Merchan might sentence the presumptive GOP presidential nominee to probation or as much as 4 years in state jail on every rely, with a most of 20 years.
In a pre-sentencing interview, a defendant is often requested about their conviction and different primary background info equivalent to their employment and legal historical past. Defendants shouldn’t have to cooperate with the routine pre-sentencing investigation, however a choose can take a unfavourable inference from a defendant’s lack of cooperation.
As a part of the method, Trump’s authorized staff can submit letters of assist from his family and friends to Merchan. The previous president’s staff is scheduled to submit its sentencing advice Thursday, in response to a supply aware of the plan.
The Manhattan District Legal professional’s Workplace may even submit a memo telling the choose what sentence it sees match for Trump.
A Manhattan jury final month discovered Trump responsible of all 34 fees in his hush cash trial, making him the primary former president to be convicted of a felony. He was accused of falsifying enterprise data associated to a hush cash cost to an grownup movie star in 2016.
This story has been up to date with further particulars.
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Alayna Treene and Lauren del Valle contributed to this report.