A judge has confirmed that President-elect Donald Trump won’t be sentenced this month in his hush money case. It had already become clear since Election Day that the Nov. 26 sentencing wouldn’t go forward as planned. In an order Friday, Judge Juan M. Merchan formalized that without setting a new date.
FILE - Former President Donald Trump walks to make comments to members of the media after a jury convicted him of felony crimes for falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election, at Manhattan Criminal Court, May 30, 2024, in New York. in the case since Trump’s election win this month, it had already become clear that the Nov. 26 sentencing date wouldn’t hold. Judge Juan M. Merchan’s order Friday formalized that without setting a new one.
He called for more filing from both sides over the next 2 1/2 weeks about how to proceed in light of Trump’s impending return to the White House., perhaps as long as he’s in office, but they don’t want it to be scrapped altogether. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, has said the solution needs to balance the obligations of the presidency with “the sanctity of the jury verdict.”
Bragg’s office declined to comment on Friday’s ruling. Trump spokesperson and incoming White House communications director Steven Cheung hailed it as “a decisive win” for Trump.German ex-leader Merkel says she felt sorrow at Trump’s comeback and recalls awkward non-handshakeof falsifying his business’ records to disguise the true nature of a chain of payments that provided $130,000 to porn actor Stormy Daniels.
The payout was meant to keep her quiet about a sexual encounter she says she had with the married Trump a decade earlier. He denies her claim and says he did nothing wrong.
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