 And that would have been before he formally accepted the Republican presidential nomination. At the request of Donald Trump's legal team, Judge Juan Merchan will now consider how the ruling could affect the New York case, if at all. This changes the entire political calendar. Both Republicans and Democrats I've been speaking to have been bracing for July 11th to be a significant day because it would decide whether Trump would be sentenced to house arrest, probation, or even a jail sentence that could start as early as this summer or even this fall. All of