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LetMyPeopleVote

(161,544 posts)
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 06:44 PM Jan 2025

Judge denies Trump's plea to delay Friday's sentencing on his hush money conviction

Source: CNN

This Friday sentencing for his hush money conviction, the judge said in a filing Monday.

Trump’s lawyers are likely to appeal Merchan’s decision to a New York appeals court.

Earlier Monday, Trump’s lawyers filed an appeal urging a New York appellate court to overturn Merchan’s two recent rulings that upheld his conviction in the hush money case, while separately urging the judge to postpone Trump’s sentencing while he appeals.

Trump’s legal maneuvers come on the same day that he was certified as the winner of the 2024 presidential election – and four years since he tried to overturn his election loss and his supporters rioted at the US Capitol.....

The Manhattan district attorney’s office urged Merchan to deny Trump’s request to postpone his sentencing, according to a filing sent to the judge.

“Defendant will suffer no prejudice from the conclusion of criminal proceedings in the trial court given the Court’s intended sentence of an unconditional discharge and defendant’s decision to appear for sentencing virtually instead of in person—indeed, entry of judgment is necessary to allow the appeal defendant has repeatedly stated he will pursue,” prosecutors wrote in the filing.

“And the current schedule is entirely a function of defendant’s repeated requests to adjourn a sentencing date that was originally set for July 11, 2024; he should not now be heard to complain of harm from delays he caused,” prosecutors added.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/06/politics/trump-delay-hush-money-sentencing




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Judge denies Trump's plea to delay Friday's sentencing on his hush money conviction (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2025 OP
So is Donald appealing this so he can avoid being called a convicted felon? Because that's what he is. Walleye Jan 2025 #1
Sometimes I just feel like cussing out Trump, the SOB. Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #2
New: Justice Merchan denies Trump's request to delay his sentencing. LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2025 #3
Suck it up Donny boy Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2025 #4
Crimes, not errors JoseBalow Jan 2025 #6
Lmfao SARose Jan 2025 #5
Good. BumRushDaShow Jan 2025 #7
The judge found Trump's arguments to be "repetitious." LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2025 #8
The entire thing Timewas Jan 2025 #9
Trump Claims Judge Merchan DallasNE Jan 2025 #10

Walleye

(39,537 posts)
1. So is Donald appealing this so he can avoid being called a convicted felon? Because that's what he is.
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 06:46 PM
Jan 2025

Irish_Dem

(67,976 posts)
2. Sometimes I just feel like cussing out Trump, the SOB.
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 06:46 PM
Jan 2025

Can't he stand up like a gd man and take his medicine.
Do the right thing for once in his damn life.

JoseBalow

(7,163 posts)
6. Crimes, not errors
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 07:05 PM
Jan 2025

He deliberately and knowingly did what he got convicted for, and clearly does not regret it. Just sayin'.

BumRushDaShow

(150,680 posts)
7. Good.
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 07:11 PM
Jan 2025

Hate to keep rushing through time to get to these deadlines (only to get the Lucy/football treatment). I hope hope hope it will really happen and then we can move on even with the appeals (which at least in NY, I doubt they would budge).

This was originally supposed to happen over the summer!

DallasNE

(7,747 posts)
10. Trump Claims Judge Merchan
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 08:29 AM
Jan 2025

Lacks standing to sentence Trump until his appeal is heard.But there is nothing to appeal until a sentence has been issued. Trump then claims this needs to be moved to Federal court to rule on immunity on State charges because the hush money payments were official acts even though they were commented prior to his being sworn in as President. Ugh

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