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re: 'NO' Angry Hush Money Judge Denies TRUMPs' Recusal Bid For THIRD Time
Donald Trumps' Hush Money Sentencing Delayed to 18 SEP.
'September Earthquake': Expert warns Trump's sentencing delay could hugely backfire on him
9 News Australia 3 JUL 2024
New York Judge Juan Merchan on Wednesday ruled that the sentencing for Trump's 34-count felony conviction in the Manhattan hush money case will be moved from 11 July 11, just days before the start of the Republican National Convention, to 18 September.
The change was made after the Supreme Court's ruling that presidents have a presumption of immunity for official acts, Trump's lawyers moved to disqualify the conviction on the grounds that it was at least partially based on evidence obtained through acts when Trump was in office.
Ultimately, experts believe that it's unlikely Trump will prevail in getting the case tossed — and the bigger worry for him, University of Surrey political science professor Mark Shanahan told Newsweek, is that the delay itself is going to maximize the political impact of his sentence, triggering what he called a "September earthquake" right around when early voting starts in many states.
"Everyone was taken aback by SCOTUS's decision on presidential immunity, and all sides are scrambling to understand if and how it applies to the New York verdicts," said Shanahan.
Nothing in this case will affect the vote of hardcore Trump supporters, Shanahan continued.
"But for voters who still believe in a constitutional separation of powers and rule of law, any further delay, or soft peddling on the New York verdicts, will light the fire on a final month of campaigning based on the premise of preserving democracy."
Other Trump cases already face a greater impact from the Supreme Court's decision, with the federal election conspiracy case set to be mired in hearings for months — although even if the trial can't take place before the election, these hearings might.
'Smart': Expert Lauds Judge For Quietly Killing Trumps' Chance to Appeal Before Election
The judge in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial showed the nation he's playing chess and not checkers when he delayed the former president's sentencing hearing this week, a legal expert argues.
New York City Justice Juan Merchan's decision to bump Trump's sentencing from July 11 to Sept. 18 shows he is one step ahead of the former president and his legal team, former federal prosecutor and MSNBC analyst Andrew Weissmann argued Tuesday.
The Manhattan District Attorney's office did not challenge Trump's demand to delay sentencing and Merchan then pushed back the date until after the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, when Trump is expected to secure his party's presidential nomination.
While Trump's MAGA followers celebrated the delay, Weissmann argued they danced a victory dance before they'd won the battle.
"[The delay] gives Trump and DA and the court time to brief the issues, but Merchan will ultimately reject the weak Trump claims," Weissmann argues.
More importantly still, the timing prevents Trump from appealing to powerful legal allies before he has the chance to reclaim the White House, the former federal prosector concluded.
"The new mid-September sentencing date will make it VERY hard for Trump to then be able to appeal to [Supreme Court] before the election," Weissmann wrote.
"As he will have to appeal within NY state courts first."
GOTCHA....BOOM BOOM.. VERY Clever Judge....
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