How much prison time Trump could face in the event of a conviction is impossible to say, with such a decision ultimately up to the trial judge. It’s also hard to know which other factors might play a role. Past cases point to prison time for Donald Trump:
Despite the details in the indictment, Trump does have some avenues to try to contest the charges., who sided with Trump last year in the former president's bid to appoint a special master to conduct an independent review of the seized classified documents.
Still, “I think that it might very well be that Jack Smith welcomes a Florida jury because if there is a conviction, it will be much harder to say, ‘Well, that jury was somehow anti-Trump,’" said Stephen Saltzburg, a George Washington University law school professor and former Justice Department official.
If the case gets to trial, experts say Trump's attorneys may attempt what's called “jury nullification” or try to convince jurors that he should be acquitted even if they believe Trump broke the law because the violation wasn't serious enough to warrant charges and he is being singled out. Robert Kelner, a Washington criminal defense lawyer, said while an outright acquittal seems unlikely given the volume of evidence, a pathway for a mistrial exists if Trump attorneys can persuade even one juror to acquit on grounds that the president enjoyed the absolute authority to declassify information.
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