The sentencing hearing, July 11, will be the optimum time to sentence Trump to a lengthy jail term. It will be four days before the start of the Republican National Convention. If Trump is jailed, it will be a terrible time for the Republicans to get a new candidate for President. They will need an emergency ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court.
The RNC needs to do some quick thinking and move their convention up to beginning of July - even if it isn’t flashy and big, they can pull off a scaled-down but binding version. I believe there’s a petition out there to try and make that happen.