The Daily Populous Saturday November 23rd, 2024 morning edition
Authored by cnbc.com and submitted by ShadoDev

Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the second day of his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on April 16, 2024.

A New York judge on Friday indefinitely postponed President-elect Donald Trump's sentencing in his criminal hush money case.

Judge Juan Merchan in a court order also allowed Trump's attorneys to file motions to dismiss the case, in which Trump was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records.

The ruling cancels, for now, the sentencing that was set for next Tuesday.

Prosecutors from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office told Merchan this week that they supported pausing the sentencing date to give Trump's lawyers time to argue that the case should be tossed entirely.

But the DA's office also said it would oppose that dismissal bid.

Trump's attorneys — including Todd Blanche, whom Trump recently tapped to be the No. 2 official at the Department of Justice — argued Tuesday that the case must be thrown out "immediately."

"Just as a sitting President is completely immune from any criminal process, so too is President Trump as President-elect," Blanche and lawyer Emil Bove wrote in a letter to Merchan.

Blanche referred CNBC to Trump's transition team, which celebrated the court order.

"In a decisive win for President Trump, the hoax Manhattan Case is now fully stayed and sentencing is adjourned," Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement.

"All of the sham lawfare attacks against President Trump are now destroyed," Cheung said.

colemon1991 on November 22nd, 2024 at 16:21 UTC »

Our taxpayer dollars at work

Seriously though, he's convicted. They got through the hardest part. What's so hard about issuing a sentence and suspending it while he's in office? That's literally the bar at this point.

cake4chu on November 22nd, 2024 at 16:19 UTC »

Damn he really got away with it all….

Zxcc24 on November 22nd, 2024 at 16:05 UTC »

Our legal system is a fucking joke.