Merchan will keep Trump gagged until sentencing and then will take him out of the campaign by incarcerating him. He won’t stay, nor will the appeals court, the lock up. They only have to play legal games for about 7 weeks to sideline Trump.
Not a lawyer, but any appeal to a Federal court can’t happen until the sentencing hearing and that judge finishes the process? At that point, the Trump team can seek redress outside state courts?
(Merchan will keep Trump gagged until sentencing and then will take him out of the campaign by incarcerating him.)
That’s the current game plan right now since the assassination attempt failed.