Former President Donald Trump's sentencing in a criminal hush money case has been delayed again as his attorneys argue that a judge lacks authority to proceed due to an ongoing appeal regarding presidential immunity. Trump was convicted in May on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. While Judge Juan Merchan initially scheduled the sentencing for January 10th, the date was pushed back to allow for consideration of the Supreme Court's rulings on presidential immunity.
criminal hush money case, either in person or virtually, on Jan. 10 following his May conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.in May of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in order to boost his electoral prospects in the 2016 presidential election.
"Forcing a President to continue to defend a criminal case -- potentially through trial or, even more dramatically here, through sentencing and judgment -- while the appellate courts are still grappling with his claim of immunity would, in fact, force that President 'to answer for his conduct in court' before his claim of immunity is finally adjudicated," defense attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove wrote.
Merchan initially scheduled the sentencing for July 11 before pushing it back in order to weigh if Trump's conviction was impacted by the Supreme Court's July ruling prohibiting the prosecution of a president for official acts undertaken while in office.
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