General Discussion

it resulted in an entry of a judgment of conviction. This step was important because it was necessary to make an appeal possible - he couldn't appeal the conviction until this happened. So why did he try to hard to prevent this process from occurring? One big reason, besides the embarrassing fact of the final conviction itself, was because he didn't want to appeal while he was president. He wanted the sentencing and entry of judgment to be postponed indefinitely and until his term was over, because that way he could also postpone the appeal and the resurrection of all the sleazy, seedy facts that would come before the public once again. Not that this would make any difference to his MAGA base, but he doesn't want the public to be reminded that he boned a porn actress while his wife was caring for their newborn son, that he paid her $130K to keep her quiet before the 2016 election, and that he tried to conceal the payoff by laundering it through Michael Cohen. Stormy's unflattering description of the event (and of his "manhood" ) will be in the news once again, and within the next few months. Far from stopping the proceedings, Merchan enabled them to continue. Now Trump has to appeal, and soon, within 30 days (and we can be sure he'll appeal even though he'll probably lose) because the alternative is that the conviction is final and forever.