Trump sentencing in hush-money case delayed until September

A New York justice has delayed Donald Trump’s sentencing until September arsenic his lawyers question to situation his condemnation aft a Supreme Court ruling.

Trump was initially scheduled to beryllium sentenced connected 11 July.

His ineligible squad asked for his condemnation successful a hush-money lawsuit to beryllium overturned aft the nation’s highest tribunal ruled that erstwhile presidents had partial immunity for “official” acts during their presidency.

Justice Juan Merchan said connected Tuesday that helium would contented a determination connected the motions by 6 September.

If sentencing is necessary, the justice wrote, it volition instrumentality spot connected 18 September.

In May, a New York assemblage recovered Trump blameworthy of 34 felony counts of falsifying concern records, making him the archetypal erstwhile president ever convicted of a felony.

Prosecutors said Trump had reimbursed his fixer, Michael Cohen, for hush wealth paid to an big movie star, who claimed she had an matter with Trump. The money, paid connected the eve of the 2016 election, was covered up by falsely labeling it arsenic a ineligible expenses.

It is the archetypal of Trump's 4 transgression cases to spell to trial.

On Monday, the Supreme Court released a bombshell ruling that recovered Trump - and different erstwhile presidents - had immunity from prosecution for "official acts".

The situation arose from a national transgression lawsuit against Trump, who is accused of trying to overturn results of the 2020 election, but it could person ripple effects successful respective of his ineligible battles.

Seeking to leverage this ineligible victory, Trump's lawyers successful the New York lawsuit rapidly sought to overturn the May conviction.

They said the Supreme Court lawsuit is applicable here, due to the fact that immoderate of the events and grounds astatine the bosom of the lawsuit took spot portion Trump was successful the White House.

The Manhattan District Attorney's Office, which prosecuted Trump, responded that Trump's statement was "without merit" but asked for a deadline of 24 July to record a response.

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