Donald Trump Sentenced In Historic New York Hush Money Trial
Source: HuffPost
President-elect Donald Trump received a sentence of unconditional discharge or effectively no punishment at a Friday hearing with New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan, which puts an end to his hush money trial more than seven months after his unprecedented conviction.
Trump appeared in court on a video feed from Mar-a-Lago, his Florida club, wearing a red and white striped tie and a frown. He was seated alongside his attorney Todd Blanche, with U.S. flags in the background.
Trump initially allowed Blanche to speak for him, averting his eyes from the camera. But he took the opportunity to address the court when Merchan offered it to him.
This has been a very terrible experience. I think its been a tremendous setback for New York and the New York court system, Trump said. It was done to damage my reputation so Id lose the election, and obviously it didnt work.
Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-sentenced-hush-money-trial_n_677965efe4b08d06b7289727
David Boyle
(732 posts)underpants
(187,987 posts)He said that yesterday. That was a tell - he simply cant process that he could be wrong.
David Boyle
(732 posts)bdamomma
(67,180 posts)period. He has the title of "convicted felon" and no punishment WTF. But I believe in karma.
David Boyle
(732 posts)So to speak.
(Have been gone from computer for a while, by the way)
Jack Valentino
(1,601 posts)clearly applies for Drumph
David Boyle
(732 posts)At least there was some justice today.
Oneear
(288 posts)The Show is Starting
CivicGrief
(177 posts)I would have assumed the POS would be preparing for a prison sentence not preparing for the oath of office again. smh
David Boyle
(732 posts)CivicGrief
(177 posts)David Boyle
(732 posts)David Boyle
(732 posts)Maybe I should've posted cat pictures or something.
BumRushDaShow
(146,022 posts)David Boyle
(732 posts)BumRushDaShow
(146,022 posts)this close ||
Source: Courthouse News Service
January 10, 2025
MANHATTAN (CN) President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced to unconditional discharge on Friday on 34 counts of falsifying business records, cementing his status as a convicted felon in New York City just 10 days before his inauguration.
New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan had suggested last week that he would hit Trump with the unique sentence, which keeps Trump from having to serve a tangible punishment like community service or a fine, but would preserve the jurys guilty verdict against the former and soon-to-be president.
Thrice delayed, the sentencing went ahead as planned Friday amid tireless efforts from Trump and his legal team to put the hearing on ice. Trump had claimed that, as the president-elect, he is immune from prosecution and cannot be sentenced. But despite taking those arguments all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court, his efforts proved futile.
Trump was already the first president in the nations history to be charged with a crime; now, hes also the first to be convicted and sentenced. The monumental criminal case came to a head this past June, when a Manhattan jury found Trump guilty of fudging his company records to cover up a sprawling hush money scheme aimed at quelling bad press during his 2016 presidential campaign.
Read more: https://www.courthousenews.com/donald-trump-sentenced-in-historic-manhattan-hush-money-case/
David Boyle
(732 posts)Ray Bruns
(4,853 posts)For celebration, maybe.
Marthe48
(19,805 posts)so very ashamed of the criminal element, the failure of the judicial system, the death of equality under the law.
I am a sadder but wiser person.
David Boyle
(732 posts)Marthe48
(19,805 posts)for my loved ones and whatever else I can hang on to.
David Boyle
(732 posts)!
Southern_gent
(97 posts)David Boyle
(732 posts)CaptainTruth
(7,352 posts)Justice at its finest.
David Boyle
(732 posts)"Tastes good, no calories!"
markpkessinger
(8,634 posts). . . It is still important, as a matter of law, that a president-elect was unable to prevail on a claim of immunity, that the Supreme Court recognized the limits of its jurisdiction, and that a guilty verdict that was rightfully obtained by the people of the State of New York is now formalized and finalized!
David Boyle
(732 posts)orleans
(35,489 posts)and douchebag is fund raising
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-sentencing-judge-juan-merchan-live-updates-rcna186199
audio about to play out at this link
David Boyle
(732 posts)...I'm not going to make any jokes about "discharge", but I can't stop other people from doing so.
bdamomma
(67,180 posts)what a thug. And his followers are ignorant enough to give him donations. Just sickening.
David Boyle
(732 posts)he's thuggy and his followers may be iggy?
bdamomma
(67,180 posts)he is criminal thug, and a bottom feeder, among other things.
David Boyle
(732 posts)inwiththenew
(996 posts)I think the failure to hold him accountable in any meaningful way is going to be looked at as a colossal blunder by historians when they look back on this era.
David Boyle
(732 posts)He'll always be known as Felon-in-Chief...
bdamomma
(67,180 posts)But the rest of the world will never let us forget this. I hope they taunt the crap out of him.
David Boyle
(732 posts)What if they pass a law saying felons can't buy them... (heh)
MichMan
(13,882 posts)David Boyle
(732 posts)If he'd been sentenced to 4 years in prison before the election, I wonder what that'd've done...
LaMouffette
(2,351 posts)But at least, thank God, it wasn't "wearing nothing but a red and white striped tie and a frown," as hilarious as that would've been.
And for Johnny Cash fans:
David Boyle
(732 posts)Thanks for the Cash! $$$
cbabe
(4,447 posts)David Boyle
(732 posts)Unless a Republican governor of New York gets elected...
3Hotdogs
(13,762 posts)He criticized the N.Y. court system instead?
David Boyle
(732 posts)He's not the "remorse" type.
republianmushroom
(18,600 posts)Better than nothing, I guess, but maybe not.
David Boyle
(732 posts)Dark times, sparse rewards...
AllaN01Bear
(23,721 posts)David Boyle
(732 posts)Who knew?
dchill
(41,006 posts)ancianita
(39,205 posts)dchill
(41,006 posts)ancianita
(39,205 posts)commit to stand up for and defend freedom and justice for all.
Commitment is the last adult thing we learn to do in life.
The Founders didn't get democracy right, either.
But that doesn't mean we play stupid, lazy and frustrated as an excuse to not try.
Here's where you can check every single blessed day to find out how this democracy-in-progress is working:
Justice Department Sues to Block Global Business Travel Groups Proposed Acquisition of CWT Holdings-- January 10, 2025
Operators of Cryptocurrency Mixers Charged with Money Laundering -- January 10, 2025
Cryptocurrency Investment Firm Founder Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Thousands of Investors of Over $9M in Ponzi Scheme -- January 10, 2025
Justice Department Announces ATF's Publication of Final Volume of National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment -- January 10, 2025
South Florida Payroll Services Company Owner Pleads Guilty to Employment Tax Crimes --January 8, 2025
Canadian National Sentenced to 40 Months for Multimillion-Dollar Export Control Scheme --January 8, 2025
https://www.justice.gov/news
And that's just in the last 48 hours.
Just a suggestion: Try not to use questions as a substitute for effort.
David Boyle
(732 posts)Not a crime to ask questions, tho...
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David Boyle
(732 posts)David Boyle
(732 posts)ancianita
(39,205 posts)less cute and clever. What this nation is going through and will continue to go through is not some infotainment.
Folks have to seriously focus on who/what works, not who/what comforts and distracts.
David Boyle
(732 posts)David Boyle
(732 posts). . .
David Boyle
(732 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(10,818 posts)ALWAYS referred to as 'CONVICTED FELON President donald j trump.'
riversedge
(73,924 posts)David Boyle
(732 posts)saying that... (heh)
David Boyle
(732 posts).
NoMoreRepugs
(10,818 posts)David Boyle
(732 posts)...
LetMyPeopleVote
(156,958 posts)David Boyle
(732 posts)NotHardly
(1,512 posts)David Boyle
(732 posts)Old Crank
(5,147 posts)What happens to all his liquor licenses?
I hear that in NJ a felon can't have a license.
dchill
(41,006 posts)David Boyle
(732 posts)!
David Boyle
(732 posts)Guess little Barron'll have to buy him liquor in a brown paper bag, stealthily.
live love laugh
(14,775 posts)David Boyle
(732 posts)Thank you Juan the Man Merchan!
(That kind of rhymes, doesn't it?)
FakeNoose
(36,353 posts)This prosecution has nothing to do with his claim of executive privilege or whatever BS. Remind your MAGA friends whenever you get a chance: Chump is a felon and a convict.
There are so many other crimes he'll never have to answer for. But the State of New York should be applauded for following this through to completion. Thank you Judge Juan Merchan!
David Boyle
(732 posts)And yes, thanks to JJM.
'Bout Trump, don't forget "rapist"
DallasNE
(7,637 posts)To be in full attack mode of Judge Merchan after he let him off the hook at sentencing. The man has no redeeming values.
David Boyle
(732 posts)Are you... sane or something?
Irish_Dem
(61,895 posts)David Boyle
(732 posts)Guinness Book of World Records, or something.
Irish_Dem
(61,895 posts)With narcissists, nothing is ever good enough.
They are never happy with anything.
David Boyle
(732 posts)Irish_Dem
(61,895 posts)And he is a long time drug abuser and has dementia.
So he would have four psychiatric diagnoses.
David Boyle
(732 posts)Is God cursing us or something?
Irish_Dem
(61,895 posts)He lives for revenge and stealing as much money as possible.
And granting his every desire with no regard for the welfare of others.
What could go wrong?
David Boyle
(732 posts)Irish_Dem
(61,895 posts)That's right!
LonePirate
(13,967 posts)David Boyle
(732 posts)Fireworks! Popcorn!!
ZonkerHarris
(25,577 posts)David Boyle
(732 posts)Trump did lose, though, in trying to throw it out.
LudwigPastorius
(11,396 posts)Since any sentence was never going to be carried out, I kind of wish Merchan had sentenced him to be drawn and quartered and the parts launched into the Sun.
David Boyle
(732 posts)Might've looked bad, a little... excessive...
gademocrat7
(11,272 posts)being a convicted felon?
David Boyle
(732 posts)Plenty o' countries ban fels.
malthaussen
(17,836 posts)... what a joke. Why bother to waste the State's time on a trial if the perp is going to walk with no penalty at all?
-- Mal
David Boyle
(732 posts)"Heh"
Kid Berwyn
(18,849 posts)SCOTUS goes along, making them co-conspirators. And now they are in position to foist the insane moron NAZI on America, again.
David Boyle
(732 posts)Trump's attacked the courts a lot, so I'm not surprised he's finally getting some friction...
Kid Berwyn
(18,849 posts)It's like adding Groucho glasses with nose and 'stache, except everybody knows underneath the disguise rots the grotesque and perverted mug of the man seeking to murder of the US Constitution.
David Boyle
(732 posts)Nice gangster prose! "The grotesque, perverted thug pulled out his tommy gun..."
Kid Berwyn
(18,849 posts)Not the slick remake
the OG:
In the film, Paul Muni, the gangster in the title role, sees his first Tommy Gun in action. Immediately he sees its strategic value.
Lookit, Johnny, you can carry it around like a baby!
So, Scarface gets his mitts on one and takes over his gang, followed by his communitys Prohibition Era liquor monopoly. In the process, three children playing on the sidewalk are shot. Then the concerned citizens petition the police commissioner to do something about it. Made me eyes water.
In those days (1932) We the People werent confused as to what was possible, because thats what they did. Today, we can only say, Only in the movies
If you get a chance to see it, I believe you would appreciate its parallels.
David Boyle
(732 posts)Great (big) pic, too! Thanks!!
...The 1983 remake, of course, is all that some young'uns (or even old'uns) know: I hafta admit "Say hello to my little friend!" is a hilarious line...
David Boyle
(732 posts)"Some anti-Trump protesters held signs that said, 'Felon in chief.'"
Heh
LetMyPeopleVote
(156,958 posts)David Boyle
(732 posts)Thx!
David Boyle
(732 posts)David Boyle
(732 posts)"A day after Jimmy Carters funeral, where Donald Trump had to hear about all the character traits he lacks, Mr. Trump wasnt in the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse on Friday morning to hear his felony sentence pronounced. He appeared virtually from Mar-a-Lago in front of two American flags, along with his attorney (and choice for deputy attorney general) Todd Blanche.
This peculiar reunion, seven months after Trumps conviction for business fraud, contained little suspense. Justice Juan Merchan, who had presided with considerable patience and wisdom over the six-week trial, tipped his hand on Jan. 3 when he wrote that Trumps sentence would be unconditional release.
This sounds like no punishment at all but was in fact a masterstroke, retired New York Judge George Grasso told me as we walked out of the courtroom.
The proof lies in the Supreme Courts one-paragraph, 5-to-4 ruling, issued Thursday night, that a brief virtual hearing and a sentence of unconditional discharge left a relatively insubstantial burden of time on the president-elect. By imposing no penalty, Merchan sharply increased the odds that Trump will be known as a felon for the rest of his life." [etc.]