Trump’s Critics Enraged Over ‘Special Treatment’ From NYC Probation Office

Former President Donald Trump faces sentencing on July 11th but met with the New York City Department of Probation in a pre-sentencing interview ahead of his sentencing hearing making Democrats furious.

On Monday, Trump met with a New York City probation officer via a virtual interview after being found guilty in the sham hush money trial.

“Earlier today, President Trump completed a routine interview with [the] New York Probation Office. The interview was uneventful and lasted less than thirty minutes,” said a source close to the Trump legal team. “The President and his team will continue to fight the lawless Manhattan DA Witch Hunt.”

“Trump answered all questions in the virtual interview and was described as polite, respectful, and accommodating to the probation officers, according to a New York City official familiar with the interview,” reported CNN. “Trump, according to the source, told the officers to be safe at the end of the interview.”

Trump’s attorney Todd Blanche, the probation officer assigned to the case, and the commissioner for the New York City Department of Probation, Juanita Holmes were all present on the virtual call.

“The virtual interview was ‘unusual’ because criminals are usually required to attend the procedure in person and critics claim it exhibits the ‘special treatment’ the former president is receiving in his felony conviction,” reported the Daily Mail.

“Defendants are typically asked during pre-sentencing interviews about their conviction and basic background information,” the Daily Mail noted. “While defendants are not required to cooperate with routine pre-sentencing investigations, a judge can view that negatively heading into the sentencing.”

Many Democrats and harsh critics insisted that this was unusual and “special treatment” should not be allowed.

According to the former Commissioner of New York City’s Department of Corrections and Probation, Martin Horn, he described the situation to NBC News as “a virtual interview was likely ‘better for the probation officer’ because an in-person meeting with Trump could ‘be very disruptive to the probation office and unfair to other defendants who might not want to be identified.”

After the pre-sentencing meeting with Trump’s probation officer, the officer will report to Judge Juan Merchan before he hands down the sentence on the former president just days before the Republican National Convention.