Judge 'took the wind out of Trump's legal arguments' in criminal case: former prosecutor

A lot of observers were upset by Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan's decision not to sentence Donald Trump to jail time in connection with the president-elect's felonies, but Merchan actually made the best out of a bad situation, an ex-prosecutor said.

Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance weighed in on the news on Saturday, writing in her Substack blog that, "The Judge tipped his hand about his intentions, if the case does make it to sentencing, in his Friday order." She's referring...