Legal expert Preet Bharara says Trump's attempts to delay his hush money sentencing are a 'predicament' of his own making. Trump faces a January 10th sentencing date, just days before his inauguration as the first convicted felon to become US president.
President-elect Donald Trump 's legal attempts to postpone his hush money sentencing, scheduled just 10 days before his inauguration, are a 'predicament' of his own making, a legal expert has said.Preet Bharara, a former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York who was fired by Trump in 2017, made the remarks Tuesday's episode of the Cafe Insider podcast, which he co-hosts with former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance.
Newsweek has contacted Trump's legal team and Vance for comment via email and Bharara for further comment via social media.Why It Matters Trump is set to make history as the first convicted felon to be sworn in as U.S. president on January 20. Bharara has suggested that Judge Juan Merchan, who will oversee the sentencing hearing, did not intend to make a political statement when he set the January 10 date.What to Know Speaking on Tuesday's episode of Cafe Insider, Bharara highlighted that Merchan's decision to schedule the January 10 sentencing followed Trump's own request to delay proceedings until after November's election.Merchan said in his ruling that Trump's request to postpone the hearing came with 'implied consent' that, if elected, the Republican would face sentencing between November 5 and his January 20 inauguration.Trump's legal team sought to dismiss the case, saying the hearing would interfere with the presidential transition process. On Tuesday, a New York appeals court rejected Trump's attempts to have the case thrown out while arguing that presidential immunity protections are extended to a president-elect.On Wednesday, Trump asked the Supreme Court to halt his hush money sentence.Trump was convicted in May of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Prosecutors alleged that Trump directed his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, to pay adult film star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to conceal an alleged affair ahead of the 2016 election. The payment was recorded in Trump Organization documents as legal fee
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