President-elect Trump is set to face sentencing in his hush money case in New York City after the Supreme Court denied his last-minute appeal to block the proceedings. NBC’s Garrett Haake reports for TODAY.
The unconditional discharge, which state Judge Juan Merchan said he was likely to impose, allows the conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records to stand with no further penalties, such as jail time.to reject Trump's request to drop the proceeding. Trump said he thought it was a "fair decision" and referred to possible further appeals, such as of the verdict.
"This has been a truly extraordinary case," the judge continued."Once the courtroom doors were closed, the trial itself was no more special, unique, and extraordinary than the other 32 cases in this courthouse.""I was under a gag order. I guess I'm still under so I probably won't do it now. I am totally innocent. I did nothing wrong," he said.
Blanche said that Trump's legal team disagrees that it was an appropriate case to be brought, saying that multiple prosecutors had previously looked at the case and decided not to bring charges before Bragg did.Blanche called today a"very sad day" both for the country and for Trump. He said he would appeal whatever sentence is brought against the incoming president.
Steinglass said Trump is doing this “with the hopes that they will ignore the defendant’s transgressions because they fear he is simply too powerful to be subjected to the same rule of law as the rest of us.” Blanche told Merchan that he did receive a copy of the report this morning, but there is one thing he wants to put on the record.
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