Judge Juan Merchan, who presided over the trial of Donald Trump in the case of hidden payments to a former porn actress, has postponed the announcement of the sentence until September 18 following the Supreme Court decision granting him broad immunity, according to a court document.
Trump’s sentencing, which was to be announced on July 11, has been postponed until “On September 18, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. (local time)“, Yeah “It is still necessary“, warns the judge in a letter addressed to the tycoon’s defense and the prosecution.
The judge thus responded to a letter from the Manhattan prosecutor’s office, which had announced shortly before its willingness to “postpone“The announcement of Trump’s sentence follows a motion filed the day before by the tycoon’s defense attorneys.
“Although we believe that the defendant’s arguments lack merit, we do not oppose his request for permission to present them (until July 10) and his request to postpone sentencing.“the prosecutor had said Joshua Steinglass in a letter addressed to the judge.
A Supreme Court ruling Monday granted broad immunity protections to presidents while restricting prosecutors from introducing any official act as evidence to try to prove that a president’s unofficial actions violated the law.
The eventual sentencing of the tycoon will take place after the Republican convention, scheduled for July 15-18 in Milwaukee, where a convicted Donald Trump is due to be officially nominated as the Republican Party’s presidential candidate in the November 5 elections.
The Republican tycoon was found guilty in late May by a jury in New York of 34 crimes for disguising the payment of US$ 130,000 to a former porn actress, in the final stretch of the 2016 elections, so that it would not harm his aspirations of reaching the White House against Hillary Clinton.
The judge also agreed to the request by the tycoon’s defense to extend the deadline until July 10 to present new arguments in favor of his client in light of the decision of the highest US court. The prosecution has until July 24 to present its arguments.
For the former FBI agent, Asha Rangappa“Even in the case of Manhattan, which is about as far removed from his official duties as possible, some of that conduct took place after he took office.“of the president, he warns.
“But because the Court left so little guidance, and even included things that are on the outer perimeter of Article 2 duties as potentially falling into this category, it is difficult to really know what will count and what will not.”, he adds.
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