Two Filipino-American political strategists have weighed in on the possible jail time or the prospect of a pardon for former U.S. president Donald Trump.

Jeff Coleman said America seems stuck in a reality show amid all the noise and political posturing.

“It's a sad moment and it is raising the question," he  said, "Do we need to reconsider the standard that we have for our public officials?"

The former Pennsylvania state representative believes Trump should be pardoned.

"It's time to get the Trump kind of bedroom salacious details off the front pages," Coleman added. "He will be the Republican nominee to debate the issues. And the issue is whether or not the American people will have leaders at the top of the country who can lead us through the most difficult time and tumultuous time in our history."

Trump was convicted last week by a Manhattan jury on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in his hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.

It marked the first time a former president was found guilty of a crime.

Trump's campaign said it raised $70 million in donations since the verdict.

"We're going to be appealing this scam," said Coleman. "We're going to be appealing it on many different things."

Legal experts said the appeal process which usually takes several months is unlikely to be resolved before the November presidential election.

Democratic strategist Cheryl Quinio Blodgett is among those who followed the hush money trial.

She thinks it would be an uphill battle for Trump’s defense team.

"Judge (Juan) Merchan made it very easy for the defense to voice their concerns during litigation of this first trial," said Blodgett. "There's a lot of things that they could have brought up."

The other big question is whether Judge Juan Nerchan would send the 77-year-old erstwhile U.S. leader to prison.

Falsifying business records in New York comes with a maximum prison sentence of four years.

But Coleman believes Trump will not go to prison, citing the complexity of the situation.

"The Secret Service charged with guarding a former president, an inmate of that profile," he said, "[with] additional or separate security and all the accommodations have to be made for that."

Coleman added: "If you send Trump to prison, you risk embarrassing the reputation of the country more than it already has been by the conduct of some of our leaders.”

In a recent interview media interview, Trump said he would accept a sentence of home confinement or jail time. But he said it might be the public that might not be okay with that.

He is scheduled to be sentenced on July 11, four days before the Republican National Convention.

There, GOP delegates will formally choose their nominee to face President Joe Biden come Election Day in November.