Trump's judge has signaled a conditional discharge for the former president in the hush money case, avoiding jail time if Trump avoids rearrest. The case revolved around a payment made to porn actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 campaign.
Trump 's judge signaled in a written decision that he'd sentence the former president to what's known as a conditional discharge , in which a case gets dismissed if a defendant avoids rearrest. The case involved an alleged scheme to hide a hush money payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels in the last weeks of Trump ’s first campaign in 2016. The payout was made to keep her from publicizing allegations she’d had sex with the married Trump years earlier.
Trump says that her story is false and that he did nothing wrong. After Trump’s Nov. 5 election, Merchan halted proceedings and indefinitely postponed the sentencing so the defense and prosecution could weigh in on the future of the case. Trump’s lawyers urged Merchan to toss it. They said it would otherwise pose unconstitutional “disruptions” to the incoming president’s ability to run the country.Prosecutors acknowledged there should be some accommodation for his upcoming presidency, but they insisted the conviction should stand. They suggested various options, such as freezing the case during his term or guaranteeing him a no-jail sentence. They also proposed closing the case while formally noting both his conviction and his undecided appeal — a novel idea drawn from what some state courts do when criminal defendants die while appealing their cases
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