
Donald Trump Gets No Jail Time Or Fine As Judge Sentences Him To “Unconditional Discharge” In New York Hush Money Case
President-elect Donald Trump will enter the White House this month as a felon, but will serve no jail time under a sentence handed down this morning in New York for his criminal conviction in a hush-money trial that angered him and his supporters but didn’t prevent him from reclaiming the presidency. With an unconditional discharge, […]
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Supreme Court Denies Trump Another Win, Allows His Sentencing to Proceed
Donald Trump will be sentenced Friday in his New York hush money case, after the Supreme Court deemed his sentence “relatively insubstantial.”
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Donald Trump Sentencing Will Proceed After Supreme Court Declines To Stop It
Donald Trump‘s sentencing in his New York hush money trial will proceed on Friday, after the Supreme Court declined the president-elect’s emergency appeal to halt the proceedings. In an order posted this evening, the court said that “the burden that sentencing will impose on the President-Elect’s responsibilities is relatively insubstantial in light of the trial […]
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Alito Spoke to Trump Day Before Trump Asked SCOTUS to Block Sentencing
Justice Samuel Alito said he spoke with Donald Trump a day before Trump asked the Supreme Court to delay sentencing in his hush money case.
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Appeals Court Rejects Donald Trump’s Effort To Postpone Sentencing
Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday.
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Donald Trump Asks Court To Stop Sentencing In Hush Money Case
Donald Trump is seeking to sideline Friday’s planned sentencing following his conviction in the New York hush money trial last year. In a ruling last week, Judge Juan Merchan ordered Trump to be sentenced, while rejecting his efforts to dismiss the conviction. Merchan indicated that the president-elect would not be sentenced to jail time, but […]
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Judge Rules Presidential Immunity Does Not Shield Donald Trump From New York Hush Money Conviction
A New York judge ruled today that Donald Trump does not have immunity from his conviction on 34 felony counts in the hush money case. Judge Juan Merchan concluded that the case did not stem from Trump’s official acts as president. Trump’s attorneys had sought to have the case dismissed based on a Supreme Court […]
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New York D.A. Urges Judge Not To Dismiss Donald Trump’s Hush Money Conviction, Proposes Other Sentencing Options
Alvin Bragg said that sentencing could be delayed until after Trump's term.
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Donald Trump’s Attorneys Cite Hunter Biden’s Pardon In Latest Motion To Dismiss New York Hush Money Conviction
In their latest motion to dismiss Donald Trump‘s hush money conviction, his attorneys are citing President Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter. “President Biden argued that ‘raw politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice,'” Trump’s legal team wrote in a filing today. “These comments amounted to an extraordinary condemnation […]
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Prosecutors Agree That Donald Trump Sentencing Should Be Paused As President-Elect’s Attorneys Pursue Dismissal Of Hush Money Conviction
Prosecutors said that they would agree to pause Donald Trump‘s sentencing in his New York hush money trial as the president-elect’s attorney pursue a dismissal of his conviction. The sentencing was scheduled for Nov. 26, and Judge Juan Merchan is weighing the impact of a Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity for official acts. Trump […]
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