The article leaves it ambiguous whether Errol is embellishing or if it is true. From Errol’s quote in that article, it seems like a weird thing to make up.

When I was child we used to build rockets, and we used to read the books of Professor Hermann Oberth and Wernher von Braun, and they had these illustrated – they weren’t really comics, they were books – but they had illustrations and they were in German unfortunately.

But the adult at that time that we were with, who discovered Bennett’s comet – his name is Mr Bennett – he would tell us what the stories were saying, about going to planets and all that sort of stuff, and we could see the illustrations and everything. And Wernher von Braun’s book I think it was – his, or it could have been Oberth’s book – spoke about that the head of the Mars colony would be called the Elon.

Now I remember that, but I never thought of it as a name. [But] then when Maye and I got married I was quite amazed to discover that her father’s grandfather or something had been called Elon Haldeman, which really reminded me of the stories that we had, and so I thought ‘well yes, I’d like that name for Elon because it means something to me’.

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/30/g-s1-2026/trump-guilty-sentence-prison-voting-rights

The charges — for falsifying business records to conceal another crime — carry a maximum sentence of four years in prison, but Trump could receive much less serious punishment, like probation.

Hope that answers your question. I’m not a lawyer or an expert. However in many cases, a sentence of 4 years results in less than 2 served in prison but probation until the end of that period. Getting the max sentence usually only happens when there is a pattern of behavior or increasing criminal behaviors. People getting their fifth theft charge will get a higher sentence than their second for example. This being Trump’s first conviction, it is highly likely he will get fines and probation. This is an unprecedented situation though so we will have to see what comes from sentencing on July 11.

Hondo! This movie is a great time. It was easily missed back then but it is absolutely worth a watch.