'Likely, yes': Impeachment lawyer swears Trump will be sentenced to prison term

CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen, who also served as one of the impeachment lawyers for House Democrats and White House ethics czar, told the network Sunday that he firmly believes Donald Trump will be sent to prison.

Eisen called the recent decision from Judge Tanya Chutkin to abandon her March 4 trial date pending the appeal from the Washington, D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals a "small win" for Trump. The ex-president has worked to delay as many of his trials as possible. The D.C. appeal will likely go to the U.S. Supreme Court after the appeals court rules on it.

What Eisen found to be the most shocking is the argument made in court by Trump's lawyers that with his "presidential immunity," Trump could send S.E.A.L. Team 6 out to assassinate anyone he wants without any repercussions.

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Eisen said that the appeals court is likely to reject that idea and hopes it comes soon, but it has been nearly four weeks since the ruling could be handed down. He doesn't believe the U.S. Supreme Court will uphold that idea either.

"That case is going to get back on track," he promised.

That case also doesn't get Trump out of "election interference hot water either," he continued, noting that at its source, the New York case from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is an election interference case. In that one, there are 34 felony counts against Trump.

Due to the delay now with the federal cases, it gives Bragg a window to "slide in," he explained. "Most likely over the summer."

He thinks it will be finished before the election and the 2020 election case will begin before the November election. The rule is that 60 days from an election, an investigation can't unfold. However, Eisen said, the trial can move forward since the investigation is over.

"Most likely that one will conclude before the November election," he said of the 2020 election interference case.

When reposting the video from CNN, Eisen said, "Will Trump be sentenced to jail in 2024? Likely yes."

See the video below or at the link here.