Bill Maher gives chilling prediction for what could happen if Trump is sentenced to jail time

Bill Maher claimed on the latest episode of Real Time that jail time for recently convicted felon Donald Trump could lead to unrest.

A jury in New York on Thursday found the former president guilty of all 34 charges of forging hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels. He will be sentenced on July 11.

Trump supporters have called for murder in the wake of his criminal conviction, with some saying it was ‘time to start pushing the limits [shooting] some leftists” and suggested that “someone should take care of the judge” presiding over the case.

Maher suggested on Friday’s episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher” that if the ex-president is sentenced to prison, a “race war” could break out.

“I mean, the MAGA nation is going to go crazy, I don’t know if that’s a reason to do anything or not, but it will,” Maher said.

“I’ve heard some people say that if his name wasn’t Donald Trump, he would definitely get jail time. But sending a former American president to prison, I don’t know if that’s a thing, I’m asking.”

Outraged Trump supporters shared photos of inverted American flags – a symbol used by insurrectionists at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 – leading many to wonder if a similar event will take place if he is convicted.

“I’m sorry to say that a civil war in this country is becoming a race war. That’s the sad truth about this country,” Maher said.

“If they put him in jail, I mean the first thing his supporters are going to say is, ‘Oh, that’s it.’ A black prosecutor. You know, all these people who are the prosecutors are black. The judge was not white. This is what it is,” Maher said.

Maher’s guest, former Republican Congressman Ken Buck of Colorado, said Trump is unlikely to face jail time based on precedent.

Trump supporters have called for his murder following his criminal conviction

Following his conviction, angry Trump supporters shared photos of inverted American flags – a symbol used by insurrectionists at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Former Obama adviser David Axelrod said, “Look, a lot of people in my tribe don’t like me saying this, but yeah, I think there’s something to jailing a former president, especially over something like this.”

‘I find that worrying for our country. And I would be really shocked if this judge were to give him a prison sentence for this.”

The verdict came after a five-week trial led by Judge Juan Merchan, during which prosecutors led by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg presented dramatic evidence and questioned 22 witnesses on the stand.

Prosecutors told of a plot by Trump to “corrupt” the 2016 election by concealing a $130,000 hush money payment by his “fixer” Michael Cohen to porn star Stormy Daniels.

Daniels claimed she and Trump had sex a decade earlier, which he has denied.

Trump’s lawyers have vowed to appeal the conviction, and the ex-president himself outlined two areas his appeal team will raise during a speech on Friday.

The case featured explosive evidence from Daniels and exposed the “catch and kill” practices of the tabloid National Enquirer, which bought and suppressed stories that could be damaging to Trump.

But the actual criminal complaint concerns something more prosaic: the reimbursements that Trump signed for Cohen for the payment.

The fees, paid by Trump in monthly installments, were recorded as legal fees.

Prosecutors say this was a fraudulent label intended to conceal the purpose of the hush money transaction and illegally interfere with the 2016 election.

Trump’s lawyers have vowed to appeal the conviction, and the ex-president himself outlined two areas his team will address on appeal: the location of the trial and the judge.