Former President Donald Trump has been ordered to appear for sentencing in the New York 'hush money' criminal case just days before his inauguration for a second term.
Donald Trump has been ordered to appear for sentencing on January 10 in the New York “ hush money ” criminal case, days before he is inaugurated for his second term in the White House. Justice Juan Merchan’s decision on Friday delivers a symbolic legal blow to Trump and sets the stage for a courtroom spectacle in lower Manhattan just weeks before the president-elect returns to the White House.
However, the judge signalled in Friday’s order that Trump would not face jail time as a result of the conviction, and said that he could attend the sentencing hearing virtually if he preferred. A spokesperson for Trump’s transition team said the order was “a direct violation of the Supreme Court’s immunity decision and other long-standing jurisprudence” and that “there should be no sentencing”. “President Trump must be allowed to continue the presidential transition process and to execute the vital duties of the presidency, unobstructed by the remains of this or any remnants of the witch hunts,” said Steven Cheung. “President Trump will continue fighting against these hoaxes until they are all dead.” The hush-money case is one of four criminal cases brought against Trump following his first term, and the only one to advance to trial. Last year, following a seven-week trial in New York state court, he was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in what prosecutors alleged was a scheme to buy the silence of a porn actor, Stormy Daniels, with whom he had an affair. It was the first time a former president was convicted of a crime. Sentencing has been repeatedly postponed as Trump mounted a comeback bid for the presidency, and again after he prevailed in November’s election against Kamala Harris. Trump’s legal team had argued that the case should be dismissed in the wake of a US Supreme Court decision finding that presidents were entitled to broad legal immunity for their official act
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