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Hush Money Judge Orders TRUMP To Appear Friday 10 Jan For Sentencing
TRUMP Ordered To Appear Friday 10 Jan For Sentencing in Hush Money Case
Judge Merchan sets Trumps sentencing in hush money case for 10 Jan. but signals no jail time
AP 3 JAN 2025
In an extraordinary turn, a judge Friday set Donald Trumps sentencing in his hush money case for 10 Jan. ? little over a week before hes due to return to the White House ? but indicated he wouldnt be jailed.
The development nevertheless leaves Trump on course to be the first president to take office convicted of felony crimes.
Judge Juan M. Merchan, who presided over Trumps trial, signaled in a written decision that he'd sentence the former and future president to whats known as an unconditional discharge, in which a case is closed without jail time, a fine or probation. Trump can appear virtually for sentencing, if he chooses.
Merchan wrote that he sought to balance competing interests: Trumps ability to govern unencumbered by the case, the U.S. Supreme Courts July ruling on presidential immunity, the publics expectation that all are equal and no one is above the Iaw, and the importance of protecting the sanctity of a jury verdict.
This court is simply not persuaded that the first factor outweighs the others at this stage of the proceeding Merchan wrote in an 18-page decision.
He rejected Trumps push to dismiss the verdict and throw out the case on presidential immunity grounds and because of his impending return to the White House. The judge said that he found no legal impediment to sentencing Trump, and indeed that it was incumbent on the court to do so before Inauguration Day, Jan. 20.
Only in America can a CONVICTED felon become president...What a farce...
WHOMEVER SAID THE LAW IS AN ASS was obviously thinking about the US...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AooMbVI9NA
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