Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt former President Donald Trump’s sentencing in New York until after the November election. The extraordinary request comes as Bailey, a Republican, is embroiled in a highly competitive primary race against Will Scharf, a member of Trump’s legal team who helped secure […]
The judge overseeing Donald Trump‘s New York criminal trial on Tuesday approved a delay of the former president’s sentencing after his lawyers asked for more time to argue that the Supreme Court’s immunity decision calls for a new trial. The sentencing hearing, previously scheduled for July 11, will now take place on September 18 at […]
The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s trial for 34 felony counts of falsifying business records announced on Monday that he would delay sentencing the former president until September so he could hear arguments pertaining to the Supreme Court’s latest ruling on presidential immunity. “The July 11, 2024, sentencing date is therefore vacated,” Judge Juan Merchan wrote. […]
A judge on Tuesday postponed Donald Trump’s sentencing in his New York hush money case as the former president seeks to have his conviction overturned following a Supreme Court ruling that granted him some immunity in a separate criminal case. In a letter on Tuesday afternoon, Judge Juan Merchan said he would resolve Trump’s motion […]
Former US president Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case has been postponed to September after the judge agreed on Tuesday to weigh the possible impact of a new Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity. Trump had been scheduled to face sentencing July 11 on his New York conviction on felony charges of falsifying […]
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump sent a letter Monday to New York Judge Juan Merchan asking him to toss a jury’s guilty verdict on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Their argument is that invalidates the verdict that found Trump had falsified business records to hide a $130,000 payment to adult film actress […]
Manhattan prosecutors on Tuesday told the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal case in New York that they did not oppose his request to postpone his sentencing next week, to consider whether the US supreme court’s recent ruling on immunity could imperil the conviction. The final decision about sentencing rests with the judge, Juan Merchan. But […]
Prosecutors in the Manhattan district attorney’s office said Tuesday that they don’t oppose delaying Donald Trump‘s sentencing in his hush money case given the Supreme Court’s ruling Monday that he has immunity for some of his actions as president in his separate election interference case. Several assistant district attorneys made their position known in a […]
Manhattan prosecutors will not oppose Donald Trump’s request to delay his sentencing in his hush money trial after the Supreme Court ruled that the former president has “absolute” immunity from criminal prosecution for “official” acts as president. In a letter to Justice Juan Merchan on Tuesday, prosecutors with the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin […]
By Luc Cohen and Susan Heavey NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Prosecutors who won the conviction of Donald Trump in May on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star said on Tuesday they would not be opposed to delaying his July 11 sentencing date, a court filing showed. That came after Trump’s lawyers on […]
Manhattan prosecutors said they would be open to delaying Donald Trump’s sentencing in his criminal hush money case following a Supreme Court’s ruling that granted broad immunity protections to presidents. In a letter filed on Tuesday, prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg’s office said they would be open to delaying the July 11 […]
Manhattan prosecutors said Tuesday they would not oppose Donald Trump’s request to delay the sentencing in his hush money trial as he seeks to have the conviction overturned following a Supreme Court ruling that granted broad immunity protections to presidents. In a letter filed with the New York court, prosecutors with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin […]