A Watergate assistant prosecutor asserts that Donald Trump could soon join his company's former chief accountant at the Riker's Island jail complex if convicted.
Retired Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg was sentenced to five months on Rikers Island on Wednesday.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of purgery in connection with a civil lawsuit brought against former President Trump.
Retired prosecutor Nick Akerman told CNN Wednesday that Trump may have to join him there before long.
Trump is set to go on trial in New York next Monday. He is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business documents tied to the repaying of former fixer Michael Cohen for hush-money payments made before the 2016 election to cover up Trump's alleged affair with adult film star Stormy Daniels.
"If Donald Trump is convicted in this upcoming case starting on Monday, I think it's almost impossible that the judge in that case will not send Donald Trump to the presidential suite at Rikers Island," Akerman maintained.
There are a lot of things that could block or delay any time Trump would serve if he is convicted. He might be able to remain free pending an appeal or not be sentenced to serve time behind bars.
