NEW YORK: Justice Juan Merchan, while signalling that he would not sentence the President Elect to jail time, probation or a fine (but the word convicted will blemish his legal record), has ordered that Donald Trump will be sentenced on 10th Jan 2025.
The 18-page document penned by New York Judge Juan Merchan maintains that Trump’s conviction should not be thrown out simply because he was elected president. It further says that Donald Trump could appear in person or virtually for the hearing. The judge wrote: “Indeed, the sanctity of a jury verdict & the deference that must be accorded to it, is a bedrock principle in our Nation’s jurisprudence.”
Trump responded via Social Media terming the case as a rigged charade and dismissing the order as an illegitimate political attack. It is pertinent to mention here that President-Elect Donald Trump was convicted in May of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to a $130,000 payment to adult-film star Stormy Daniels. Donald Trump proclaimed that he would fight the case.
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