The trial against Donald Trump for falsifying documents was postponed by a federal judge, who stressed that there will be judgment until after the United States elections 2024 next November, in which he faces against Kamala Harris.
According to the Republican presidential candidate’s team, the decision of the New York Supreme Court judge, Juan M. Merchan, represents a victoria.
It should be noted that the only thing missing in this trial is the issuance of the sentence, since he was already found guilty of 23 charges of falsifying documents, as well as silencing Stormy Daniels in order to obtain victory in the 2017 elections.
In a press conference from Trump Tower, the candidate again repeat that the judicial system is “broken”which in the cases that affect them are tinged with a clear “political interference” and the fact that he is being tried in New York, a city clearly “anti-Republican” is a clear example of how politics contaminates justice in the Big Apple.
Judge gives Donald Trump “advantage” and postpones sentencing until after the 2024 US Elections
New York Supreme Court Justice, Juan M. Merchanreported his decision to delay sentencing of the criminal trial against former president and presidential candidate Donald Trump.
According to Judge Merchan, the sentence will be given until November 26ththat is, after the United States elections 2024.
It was last May when a popular jury ruled in a verdict that Donald Trump es guilty of 23 cases to falsify documents to silence porn actress Stormy Danielswith whom he had had an extramarital relationship.
This represents a victory for the Republican presidential candidate’s legal team, which had tried by all means postpone that sentencea, which was originally scheduled for September 18.
According to the defense, the sentence represents a “clear electoral interference” before the United States 2024 elections on November 5, where Trump faces Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.
Merchan made this decision following a request from Trump’s legal team, who had asked to delay the sentence until after the elections, not only because of the political consequences it could have for his race for the White House, but also to have more time to challenge his conviction.
For its part, the New York Prosecutor’s Office had not put any obstacles to a brief postponement of the sentence in the case where Donald Trump faces up to four years in prison.
However, experts point out that Judge Merchan is likely to opt for a shorter sentenceor perhaps probation or periodic visits to a court.
Donald Trump’s case refused to be moved to federal court
On the other hand, at the beginning of September the juez federal Alvin Hellerstein rejected the former president’s request for transfer your criminal case to federal court by the Irregular payments to the former porn actress.
The judge rejection Trump’s defense argument that the Supreme Court’s decision on his presidential immunity is applicable to the case, and said that it is not his responsibility to deal with the allegations of bias and conflict of interest against Judge Juan Merchan.
Federal Judge Hellerstein had already rejected the same request for transfer from 2023, when he noted that the money that Trump gave “to a porn actress is not related to the official acts of a president” and assures that the opinion of the Supreme Court It does not change that these payments “were private and not official acts” outside the limits of executive authority.”
2024-09-07 12:55:29