In May, #Trump was convicted on 34 counts of having #FalsifiedBusinessRecords in connection w/a #HushMoney payment to his ex-fixer #MichaelCohen made to adult film actress #StormyDaniels so she would keep her story of an affair w/Trump… a secret until after the 2016 presidential election.[#ElectionInterference]

The #GagOrder once prevented Trump from attacking key witnesses — like Cohen & Daniels — & jurors, but the judge partially lifted the order after the trial’s conclusion.

#criminal #law

#Trump has argued the [extremely narrow] #GagOrder violates the First Amendment rights of him & his millions of supporters [who are not under any gag order BTWs] emphasizing his status as a presidential candidate in this year’s election.

Trump asked the #NewYork Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, to hear his challenge after his arguments were rejected by lower courts.

#law #appeal #FalsifiedBusinessRecords #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #criminal #StochasticTerrorism

The delay will spare #Trump a distraction — & humiliation — at a critical moment. MVP #KamalaHarris’s entry into the presidential race in July upended the campaign & erased his lead in the polls.

#criminal #law #convict #felon #fraud #FalsifiedBusinessRecords #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #SexualAbuse #StormyDaniels #SCOTUS #immunity #FuckSCOTUS

Justice #Merchan, a veteran judge who once vowed to apply “the rules of #law evenhandedly,” was an unlikely deliverer of relief for the former president. Yet his ruling on Friday marked just #Trump’s latest success in dragging out his varied #legal entanglements, a strategy that has paid off in all four #criminal cases looming over the [#abuser]….

#convict #felon #fraud #FalsifiedBusinessRecords #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #SCOTUS #immunity #FuckSCOTUS

The judge’s decision to push the proceeding is likely to infuriate Bragg’s liberal supporters & fuel accusations that #Trump is above the #law, shielded from the consequences of conviction, unlike any other #felon. To avoid that impression, left-leaning legal scholars — & Trump critics seeking catharsis — wanted Justice #Merchan to hold Trump accountable promptly after he was convicted in May of having #FalsifiedBusinessRecords to cover up a sex scandal.

#criminal #convict #HushMoney #SCOTUS

Justice #Merchan’s decision came at the request of #Trump, who had asked to #delay the sentencing until after the #election, partly so he had more time to challenge his #conviction. Prosecutors working for the Manhattan DA, #AlvinBragg, who brought the case, had deferred to the judge, paving the way for at least a brief postponement.

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The judge overseeing Donald J. Trump’s #criminal case in Manhattan postponed his sentencing until after #Election Day, a significant victory for #Trump as he seeks to overturn his #conviction & win back the White House.

In a ruling on Fri, the judge, Juan M. #Merchan, cited the “unique time frame this matter currently finds itself in” & rescheduled the sentencing for Nov 26.

#law #convict #felon #fraud #FalsifiedBusinessRecords #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #SCOTUS #immunity #FuckSCOTUS