JUST IN: Trump NY Trial Punishment Leaked - Meeting With Officer

Following his conviction on all 34 felony counts in the politically charged “hush money” case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, former President Donald Trump is scheduled for a virtual interview with a probation officer in New York City on Monday, according to NBC News.

The court-mandated probation interview is part of the pre-sentencing report for the former president. This interview will be conducted via live stream from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, with his main attorney, Todd Blanche, present, as reported by NBC News.

Bragg’s office did not object, so Judge Juan Merchan—who is overseeing the hush money case despite his extensive ties to Democratic causes—allowed Blanche to attend the session.

Andrew Weissman, a legal commentator on MSNBC, expressed excitement over the news. He explained to Jen Psaki, former press secretary for Joe Biden, that Trump will face questions about his associations with “known criminals,” including Steve Bannon, Paul Manafort, and Roger Stone.

The interview will also cover inquiries about Trump’s finances, mental health, psychological issues, addictions, and current living arrangements.

“It is highly unusual for a pre-sentence investigation interview to be done over Zoom,” Martin Horn, a former commissioner of the New York City Department of Corrections and Probation, told NBC News. However, he noted that requiring the former president to visit a probation office would be “disruptive.”

“But you can argue that Trump’s appearance at the probation office on the 10th floor of the Criminal Court Building in Manhattan where his trial took place, with Secret Service and press following him, would be very disruptive to the probation office and unfair to other defendants who might not want to be identified,” he said. “So in the end, this might be better for the probation officer.”

Trump is set to be sentenced on July 11, just days before he is expected to accept the Republican National Convention’s presidential nomination in Milwaukee. The former president could face up to four years in prison, in addition to any probationary period.