NY vs. Trump - Hush Money Trial

[Isgrimnur]

Trump’s hush money sentencing is postponed indefinitely, judge says

Merchan granted Trump’s request to file a motion to dismiss the case, ordering his legal team to submit their papers by December 2, and prosecutors have a week to respond. Trump’s team wanted to have until December 20 to file their paperwork.

The judge did not set a new sentencing date or make any further statements about the delay.
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In a letter to Merchan earlier this month, the district attorney’s office also acknowledged that Trump is not likely to be sentenced “until after the end of Defendant’s upcoming presidential term.” Although District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, has said Trump’s felony conviction should stand, a source close to the district attorney’s office said it is open to a four-year pause of the case.

[Isgrimnur]

Judge rules Trump does not have presidential immunity protections in hush money conviction

Donald Trump’s felony conviction in the New York hush money case should not be tossed out because of the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity, Judge Juan Merchan ruled Monday.

Merchan’s decision rejected one of several avenues that Trump’s lawyers have taken to try to dismiss Trump’s May guilty verdict on 34 counts of falsifying business records. The judge did not, however, rule on a motion from Trump’s attorneys to dismiss the conviction because Trump has now been elected president.

Instead, his 41-page decision focused on the question of presidential immunity.

Merchan wrote the Supreme Court’s ruling that Trump should receive broad immunity for official acts during his time in office did not mean the conviction should be dismissed, ruling that the evidence presented by the Manhattan district attorney’s office was not related to Trump’s official conduct as president.

The evidence contested by Trump’s lawyers, the judge wrote, related “entirely to unofficial conduct” and should receive no immunity protections.

[Unagi]

Silly lower courts and their tiny little opinions.

[Alefroth]

Merchan says Trump will sentenced on Jan 10 but won't be incarcerated. What will it be, nine days of house arrest?

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald ... rcna186189

[Isgrimnur]

What will it be, nine days of house arrest?

Time served.

[Alefroth]

What will it be, nine days of house arrest?

Time served.

Basically. Looks like it'll be unconditional discharge. No custody, fine, or probation.

[Smoove_B]

Merchan says Trump will sentenced on Jan 10 but won't be incarcerated. What will it be, nine days of house arrest?

AKA "Too big to jail"

[Daehawk]

This country's legal system is a fucking joke. Anyone but the orange bastard would go to jail or face fines. FUCK U USA.

[naednek]

I think his sentence should be he can't tell a single lie for the next 4 years

[Kraken]

I, for one, am confident that trump received the justice that Leon paid for.

[Isgrimnur]

Judge sentences Trump in hush money case but declines to impose any punishment

President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday in his hush money case, but the judge declined to impose any punishment, an outcome that cements his conviction but frees him to return to the White House unencumbered by the threat of a jail term or a fine.
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Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan could have sentenced the 78-year-old Republican to up to four years in prison. Instead, he chose a sentence that sidestepped thorny constitutional issues by effectively ending the case but assured that Trump will become the first person convicted of a felony to assume the presidency.

Merchan said that like when facing any other defendant, he must consider any aggravating factors before imposing a sentence, but the legal protection that Trump will have as president “is a factor that overrides all others.”

[El Guapo]

So sad that this is all the accountability that our system could muster. And even getting this was a close call.

[Smoove_B]

Someone is going to earn an PhD linking the Nixon pardon to this outcome.

[baelthazar]

So sad that this is all the accountability that our system could muster. And even getting this was a close call.

The lesson I am taking from this is that it is a felony and highly illegal to commit elections fraud... unless you win, then it is ok.