Merchan expects to be a hero to the Democrats if he jails Trump or if he gets the jury to find Trump guilty of a felony. Maybe he's hoping to parley that into getting the Hispanic seat on the Supreme Court once the Wise Latina retires.
All he wants is the historical reference to convicting Trump. Doesn’t matter if overturned later.
These pols only care about self .
If he convicts Trump then Clinton is next as he paid Paula Jones. “ hush money”