Trump Claims To Be Ready To Be Imprisoned If Proven In The Court Of Guilty In The "Hush Money" Case

Former US President Donald Trump (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Former US president Donald Trump said he was ready to face a possible prison sentence if found guilty in the trial of a cash-shut-up case orUM Money. I agree with that, Trump said as quoted from ANTARA, Tuesday, June 4. The US presidential candidate also added that he is not sure the public will support the punishment while saying the possibility of such a penalty would be a top point' that would be difficult to accept by the public. In late May, the jury found Trump guilty of 34 charges of falsifying business documents related to payment to porn film actress Stormy Daniels who allegedly had an affair with the former president. Trump has rejected the accusations against him and denounced the description of the payment as a Hush money and instead called it a standard agreement of confidentiality. He also called the case a form of interference in elections ahead of the presidential election in November, saying that the courts could target anyone if they were able to target him. Trump is the first former US president, in 250 years of US history, who faces legal charges that could make him jailed for life. New York and Georgia federal prosecutors will pursue him on a series of alleged crimes, which in addition to the'money-shut-up' case includes accusations of intervening in elections in the 2020 presidential election and claims that he mishandled the classified documents. Trump denies wrongdoing in any of the mentioned cases and accuses prosecutors and judges of being involved in a "witch hunt" against him.

Trump's New York rulings do not appear to have too big an impact on his chances of winning the election as the former US president continues to vote on polls over President Biden in most of the surveys. In addition, Trump managed to raise campaign donations worth 53 million US dollars (Rp. 858.9 trillion) within 24 hours of a court decision declaring him guilty.