Former President Donald Trump's legal team is attempting to postpone his sentencing in the hush money case, citing an appeal against the verdict. The judge, however, has shown reluctance to grant a stay and indicated a possible lenient sentence.
Trump 's lawyers asked a judge Monday to halt this week’s sentencing in his hush money case while they appeal a ruling upholding the verdict. Merchan rejected Trump ’s bid to throw out the verdict and dismiss the indictment in light of his impending return to the White House. Trump ’s lawyers argued that their appeal should trigger what’s known as an automatic stay, or pause, in the proceedings.
If that doesn’t happen, they argued, Merchan should then grant a pause and prevent sentencing from happening on Friday as scheduled. In his decision last week, the judge signaled he is not likely to sentence Trump, a Republican, to any punishment for his historic conviction on . While Trump asserted that presidential immunity and his looming second term necessitated nixing the verdict, Merchan wrote in his Jan. 3 ruling that only “bringing finality to this matter” by sentencing Trump would serve the interests of justic
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