Manhattan DA agrees to postpone Donald Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s sentencing in hush money case
The Manhattan district attorney바카라 게임 웹사이트s office said Tuesday it would agree to postpone Donald Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s sentencing in his hush money case to give prosecutors time to litigate the president-elect바카라 게임 웹사이트s expected motion to dismiss the case.
In , the district attorney바카라 게임 웹사이트s office also acknowledged that Trump is not likely to be sentenced 바카라 게임 웹사이트until after the end of Defendant바카라 게임 웹사이트s upcoming presidential term.바카라 게임 웹사이트 But the DA says Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s felony conviction should stand.
The developments cap a historic and unprecedented turnaround for Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s legal and political fate. One year ago, Trump was facing four separate indictments. Now, as he prepares to retake the White House, the strategy of Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s lawyers to try to push all of his cases beyond the 2024 election has proved wildly successful, with the two federal cases about to be wound down, the Georgia state case long dormant and the New York case poised to end indefinitely without a sentence.
Trump was convicted in May on 34 counts of falsifying business records over payments made to his then-lawyer Michael Cohen to reimburse a $130,000 hush money payment made to adult-film star Stormy Daniels to keep her from speaking out about an alleged affair before the 2016 election. (Trump has denied the affair.)
In the letter to Merchan, the Manhattan district attorney argued the judge should not dismiss Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s conviction.
바카라 게임 웹사이트No current law establishes that a president바카라 게임 웹사이트s temporary immunity from prosecution requires dismissal of a post-trial criminal proceeding that was initiated at a time when the defendant was not immune from criminal prosecution and that is based on official conduct for which the defendant is also not immune,바카라 게임 웹사이트 the district attorney바카라 게임 웹사이트s office wrote.
In a statement, Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung called the filing 바카라 게임 웹사이트a total and definitive victory for President Trump.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Merchan had been set to rule last week on whether to overturn the conviction based on this summer바카라 게임 웹사이트s U.S. Supreme Court decision that Trump should receive broad immunity for official acts during his time in office and that official acts can바카라 게임 웹사이트t be used as evidence in a criminal trial.
But the district attorney바카라 게임 웹사이트s office acknowledged the 바카라 게임 웹사이트unprecedented circumstances바카라 게임 웹사이트 of Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s election as president, and Merchan바카라 게임 웹사이트s ruling was postponed.
Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s lawyers have argued the conviction should be tossed both because of the presidential immunity decision and because he바카라 게임 웹사이트s about to return to the White House.
바카라 게임 웹사이트The stay, and dismissal, are necessary to avoid unconstitutional impediments to President Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s ability to govern,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Trump attorney Emil Bove wrote in emails exchanged with the court and the district attorney바카라 게임 웹사이트s office this month. Trump has picked Bove to fill a high-ranking Justice Department spot in his new administration.
Elie Honig, a CNN senior legal analyst and former prosecutor, said Tuesday that the postponement of Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s sentencing was an inevitable outcome of his election.
바카라 게임 웹사이트The clock ran out,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Honig said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트We like to say no person is above the law in this country, but the fact is one person largely is, and that바카라 게임 웹사이트s the president, because of the immunity ruling and because of the DOJ policy바카라 게임 웹사이트 that a sitting president cannot be prosecuted.
바카라 게임 웹사이트That바카라 게임 웹사이트s just sort of the cold, hard reality of the way our system works,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he added.
Sentencing was delayed twice before election
Trump was indicted by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg last spring, the first of four indictments he would face in 2023.
It would ultimately be the only case against Trump to go to trial: The federal election subversion case was delayed indefinitely by the Supreme Court바카라 게임 웹사이트s immunity ruling; a Trump-appointed federal judge dismissed the classified documents case; and the Georgia case has languished amid a push from Trump and his co-defendants to have the Fulton County district attorney removed from the case.
A Manhattan jury found Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts after a two-month trial.
But Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s sentencing, originally scheduled for July, was delayed twice after the Supreme Court바카라 게임 웹사이트s immunity decision prompted Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s lawyers to file a motion to vacate the conviction. That effort, along with other tactics, including seeking to move the case into federal court, further delayed the proceedings and prompted Merchan to push the sentencing decision and a ruling on immunity until after the November election.
Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s lawyers have argued the conviction should be tossed because the district attorney바카라 게임 웹사이트s office relied on evidence related to Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s official acts as president during his first term, which should not have been presented to the jury at trial.
Bragg바카라 게임 웹사이트s office has said Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s conviction should stand and that the evidence presented at trial was 바카라 게임 웹사이트overwhelming.바카라 게임 웹사이트
