Trump must report to NYC Probation Department

Trump must 'immediately' schedule a pre-sentence interview with NYC probation. Playing hooky may add to his legal woes.

Moments after his verdict, a court clerk gave Trump a "Court Order for Investigation and Report.
The form directs Trump to "Report immediately to the department of probation.
If he does go, he'll submit to an interview called a "pre-sentence investigation of the defendant.

Moments after those 34 "guilties" rolled in on Thursday — making him the first former president convicted of a felony — Donald Trump was handed two copies of a standard New York City Department of Probation form.

Titled "Court Order for Investigation and Report," it would have been quickly filled out by the judge's clerk with Trump's name, address, and the trial results, according to attorneys and court staff familiar with such documents.

And according to a copy of the standard form obtained by Business Insider, the bottom would read in all capital letters, "The defendant/respondent is instructed to report immediately to the department of probation" on the courthouse's 10th floor.

Conducted by a city probation officer, these brief interviews are then memorialized in a "pre-sentencing report" — also known as a "probation report" — that both sides and the judge see shortly before the sentencing.

Pre-sentencing reports include input from prosecutors and make a recommendation to the judge for what punishment — including jail, probation, fines, and community service — would be appropriate.

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