NEW YORK– Former President Donald Trump’s sentencing for his controversial criminal conviction for alleged bribery has been postponed until three weeks after the November election, Judge Juan Merchán said.
The new date was set for November 26, if the sentence is still required by thenruled Judge Juan Merchán, referring to the ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States on presidential immunity.
The sentencing date in a trial billed as political harassment and persecution was scheduled for September 18, but the US Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity halted all legal proceedings against the 45th US President, Donald J. Trump.
The Supreme Court’s ruling put the four legal proceedings against Trump on the ropes, the only purpose of which has been to discredit his image, his work as President and prevent him from reaching the White House again.
Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said there should be no sentence and called the case a “witch hunt for election interference” which should be dismissed following the Supreme Court’s July 1 presidential immunity ruling.
Former President and Republican candidate Donald Trump welcomed Friday the announcement that his sentencing in a New York court would be postponed until after the November election and said the case should be closed.
“The Witch Hunt in Manhattan has been put on hold, because everyone realizes there is NO CASE. I DID NOTHING WRONG! This case should be closed as we prepare for the most important election in the history of our Country,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social network.
The radical left and its actions against Trump
But the plans and actions of the Democrats, aligned with the far left, have fallen into an abyss. Three trials have been halted or almost cancelled due to irregularities, lack of ethics and corruption of the accusers.
The only trial they have been able to carry out is on the case of porn actress Stormy Daniels.
Trump’s lawyers asked Merchán to postpone his sentencing, which was scheduled for Sept. 18, until after the next presidential election in November. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office decided not to take a position on Trump’s request.
In granting Trump’s request, Merchan argued that he was treating the Republican presidential candidate like anyone else.
“Continuations to sentencing are routinely granted, often multiple times, in any number of other criminal matters pending in this court, particularly when unopposed, for reasons ranging from personal circumstances to the scheduling needs of the parties involved,” Merchán wrote.
Trump was found guilty on May 30 of allegedly falsifying business records to cover up payments and suppress facts on his behalf before the 2016 election, while Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, and even Barack Obama continue to enjoy the backing of the Justice Department, which Republicans have described as a “Two-Tier System”: one for conservatives and one very favorable to the left.
Censorship and political harassment
Recently, Mark Zuckerberg – owner of the Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads platforms – acknowledged the pressure he received in 2020 from President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and the FBI to hide information about his son Hunter Biden’s shady business dealings that directly link him and his brother James Biden.
Trump has vowed to appeal his conviction, though legal experts say he is unlikely to face any prison time.
Trump’s defense argued that sentencing should be delayed so that they could appeal an early ruling by Merchan on whether to vacate the entire conviction based on presidential immunity, assuming Merchan rules against him and sentencing is still required.
Merchan said Friday that he will issue his decision on immunity on Nov. 12, a week after Election Day and two weeks before the new sentencing date.
The former president’s lawyers, meanwhile, firmly maintain that the conviction cannot stand because the Supreme Court has ruled that certain evidence of official presidential acts cannot be introduced in a trial against a former president.
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