Trump Will Have Virtual Interview With Probation Official on Monday
The New York Times
The former president, who was convicted of 34 felonies by a Manhattan jury, is required to have an interview as the city’s Probation Department prepares a pre-sentencing report.
Former President Donald J. Trump, who was convicted last month on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, is expected to have a virtual interview with a New York City Probation Department official on Monday, three people with knowledge of the matter said.
The interview is required as the agency prepares a sentencing recommendation for the judge in the case.
Mr. Trump will be in his home at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., for the virtual meeting — his first with a probation official since he became the first U.S. president to be convicted of a felony.
A jury in Manhattan found him guilty on May 30 in a hush-money case stemming from a payment that Mr. Trump’s then-fixer, Michael Cohen, made to Stormy Daniels, a porn star who said she had a sexual encounter with Mr. Trump in 2006. The payment came in the final days of Mr. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, and the creation of 34 false business records to cover up Mr. Trump’s reimbursement of Mr. Cohen came in early 2017, after he was elected.
Mr. Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican nominee, has remained out of jail and has returned to Florida since the verdict. One of his lawyers, Todd Blanche, will be present for the interview, according to a person with knowledge of the meeting.
Justice Juan M. Merchan, who presided over the criminal trial, signed off on the virtual meeting, the person said.
