Trump suggests there could be a 'breaking point' for the public if he is imprisoned after hush money conviction

Former President Donald Trump on Sunday said he thinks there would be a “breaking point” for the public if he is sentenced to house arrest or imprisonment after he was found guilty on all counts in the criminal hush money trial against him.

In clips of a 90-minute interview with “Fox and Friends Weekend” that aired Sunday, Trump was asked about the possibility of Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over the case, sentencing him to house arrest or jail. Trump is set to be sentenced on all 34 felony counts in New York on July 11 — just days before the Republican National Convention.

Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, said he is “okay with it” and acknowledged that “it could happen,” but warned that it could be "tough" for the public.

“I don’t know that the public would stand it, you know, I don’t, I’m not sure the public would stand for it," Trump said. "I think it would be tough for the public to take, you know, at a certain point, there’s a breaking point.”

In the wake of Trump’s conviction in the hush money trial, Trump supporters have issued violent threats targeting Merchan and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in a series of posts on the same websites used by Trump supporters to coordinate ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack, NBC News reported. A message board known to be used by Trump supporters also sought to publicly release the addresses of jurors in the case.

The former president's comments come just days after he was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business documents by a Manhattan jury.

Trump’s conviction on the counts is classified as a class E felony — a crime that is punishable by a fine, probation or up to four years in prison per count. But some experts told NBC News