He’s currently under whatever restrictions were imposed as conditions of his release on bail. He won’t be subject to conditions on probation until sentencing has occurred.
Yeah - I haven’t heard anything about him claiming remorse. Would seem totally out of character for him - and at odds with his every other word/action. I wonder exactly what he would be claim to be remorseful for?
One anonymous person says the interview was “routine, uneventful questions and answers”
Pardon me if I think this looks like a boilerplate bullshit press release from a low level campaign hack.
If it was short enough, trump may have been given a prepared statement to read.
It’s still better than the variant on the story reported by CNN Upthread, which showed a very intense slant:
Quoting @spoons for credit since they’re the ones who first reported it.
So if it’s the same “source” leaking to AP News (or just AP repeating the CNN cite), I’d take the reports of any normal or remorseful behavior with a grain of salt considering the CNN source also characterized the whole trial as a witch hunt.
Or as I suggested upthread, perhaps the source is the very impartial John Barron.
That source was almost certainly present at the interview. These were the people present:
Juanita Holmes, commissioner for the New York City Department of Probation, was present, along with the general counsel for the department and the officer assigned to Trump’s case, the source said. Trump attorney Todd Blanche was also present for the meeting.
It was the Defense attorney. It usually is.
Yep, there we go. There’s zero chance a source who uses the phrase “witch hunt” is truthfully reporting what happened.
Without concrete proof, I’ll believe that Donald Trump showed remorse when pigs fly.
(Pink Floyd concerts not applicable.)
We had a major case 40 years ago in Saskatchewan where that issue came up.
Colin Thatcher, a former provincial Cabinet minister, was charged with murdering his ex-wife. The evidence led by the Crown suggested he might have done it personally, or he had hired someone to do it, and thus was a party to the offence.
He was convicted and challenged the conviction on the basis that the jury had to be unanimous on how the murder occurred.
The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed his appeal, on the basis that it was open to the jury to find him guilty on either theory of the case.
Having your lawyer sitting in with you and prepping you until the last minute will certainly help your performance.
I believe he can read the officially blessed state of new york expensive defense lawyer script for “a felony who would like to stay out prison (but is also planning to appeal)” to read at their sentencing interview.
The usual avenue of regret for people like Trump in this situation is to be sorry they got caught.
I have no experience in the matter but I’d suspect that contrition read badly from a script would not be particularly compelling.
It’s worth pointing out that a major difference between Trump and other convicted felons is that Trump has been running his mouth continuously both before and after the verdict – but especially after – about how “unfair” the whole trial was, about the “conflicted” judge and his Democrat-loving daughter, and above all about how he did nothing wrong and the whole thing was a political “witch hunt”. All of which has been widely publicized and is on record. So ISTM that no matter what legal artistry Blanche may have used, there’s nothing Trump could possibly have said in that interview that could be taken as a credible expression of remorse. The probation officer and the judge are no fools.
So this is a genuine question I have. Is this true? I would have thought the conclusions would have have to be based on facts, not “vibes”. But I also have no actual experience. Maybe they can say “in my many years of listening to felons lie their ass off I have never heard a felon lie their ass off like this dickhead”
Yeah this. If the officer can (or must, if the judge says so) include that in the report then it doesn’t matter how well coached he is.
You lost me at “I believe he can read”.
OK, I see where we’re at. You think that Trump expressed remorse. You feel that Trump expressed remorse.
Well, determine for yourself. This is what the State of New York says they do. (I’m repeating the same link given a few days ago by @dasmoocher.)
A probation officer (or a social worker or psychologist working for the probation department) interviews the defendant and checks the defendant’s criminal record.
The pre-sentence interview is a chance for the defendant to try to make a good impression and explain why he or she deserves a lighter punishment.
Note that this is given by a probation officer or a psychologist. In other words, someone who is experienced with reading people and determining if they’re sincere or full of crap. And also note that “making a good impression” is an extremely subjective determination, so quite clearly, this is not a “just the facts, ma’am” situation.
…say unnamed sources familiar with the interview that nobody but Trump and the interviewer were actually familiar with.
Exactly. This is what courts call “hearsay” and it reminds me of one of those “as told by” self-serving ghostwritten bios. IOW, the interview went “extremely well” according to what Trump told his sycophants (indeed, it undoubtedly was “perfect” 
).