I think the whole case was bogus and intended to keep Trump off the campaign trail to the furthest extent possible -- and then, if he lost the election, to throw him in the stripey hole. But he won. Now Merchand is between a rock and a hard place.
No, jack, the 34 instances of allegedly incorrect spreadsheet entries were misdemeanors that were bumped up to felonies do to some amorphous "underlying crime" that has not been defined or specifically named to this day.
The Judge fired, disbarred and prosecuted and the libs on the jury should all be tarred and feathered and forced wash the diseased feet of illegal alien hobos.
I'm not suggesting Trump's an angel; far fucking from it. It's been suggested that he was the inspiration for the '1985A' version of Biff Tannen from Back To The Future II -- and I concur. But he's far from the only sleazy motherfucker in the public eye, and he's up against a whole *gang* of same.
What reckoning? He barely won the popular vote so that's hardly a mandate. Half the states are going to ignore most of his bullshit and Congress will take care of the rest. Another two years of nothing coming, really.