re: #176 lawhawk

Jury instructions can include the option to convict a person on the lesser included charges, instead of the felony charges. This happens quite frequently in criminal cases. It’s not something specific to Trump or his case.

However, it’s up to the judge to decide whether to include that as the jury instruction here.

Having to include the lesser includeds increases the chances for a conviction on one or more of the charges, so there’s that to contend with too.

OK, it made it sound to me like it was up to trump whether he wanted to be convicted of a felony or misdemeanor charges.