Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg Agrees to Postpone Trump's Sentencing
By: Josh Fiallo (The Daily Beast)
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DELAY, DELAY, DELAY
It's the latest victory for the former president, who's fought tooth and nail to have each of his criminal trials drag on until after the 2024 election.
Updated Jul. 02, 2024 11:46AM EDT / Published Jul. 02, 2024 11:33AM EDT
Reuters/Sam Wolfe
Donald Trump was gifted yet another big win Tuesday morning after Manhattan prosecutors agreed to postpone his criminal sentencing so Judge Juan Merchan can weigh whether Monday's immunity ruling by the Supreme Court may render his conviction moot.
The decision to officially postpone the sentencing lies with Merchan, but he's likely to do so with both sides asking for yet another delay.
Trump has fought tooth and nail to have each of his criminal trials pushed back until after the 2024 election—a once-lofty goal that appears to be inching toward reality after a favorable Supreme Court ruling.
The former president was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in New York—crimes related to a coverup during his 2016 presidential campaign that sought to hide an alleged affair with porn star Stormy Daniels.
Trump's case in New York did not pertain to his presidency or official acts, which the Supreme Court ruling provides explicit immunity for, but involved his personal activity during his campaign. Still, his lawyers argued Monday that prosecutors had built their case partly on evidence from his time in the White House and that he should now be immune from a conviction.
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office wrote a letter to Merchan on Tuesday to indicate they didn't oppose Trump's request to delay the sentencing, even though they firmly believe Trump's conviction should still stand.
"Although we believe defendant's arguments to be without merit, we do not oppose his request for leave to file and his putative request to adjourn sentencing pending determination of his motion," wrote the assistant district attorney Joshua Steinglass, according to CBS News.
Trump was scheduled to be sentenced on July 11, with him looking at up to four years in prison. Legal experts told The Daily Beast his previously-clean criminal record means he'll likely not be sent to prison, however, and is more likely to be slapped with probation.
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hardly the actions of an innocent man
Yeah, innocent people hate due process,
No, just Democrats.
Due process gets in the way of their "justice". Which has nothing to do with the Constitution or the law.
Yeah, but it's legal and part of due process. But Bragg was really stretching the limits of credibility to somehow find that some obscure misdemeanors magically expanded to 34 felonies. in a blatant case of political persecution and election interference
In third world countries run by tinhorn dictators they call it a kangaroo court.
The judge made sure of the outcome of that trial from the beginning to the TDS driven jury's verdict in the end.
why can't you guys ever just admit Trump is a lying traitorous criminal pos >?
Even malicious, Soros backed DAs know they have to abide by Supreme Court rulings.
They should delay sentencing until the verdict goes through the appeal process.
All while insisting that he has done nothing wrong and has nothing to hide. He doesn’t want his day in court. Because every time someone gets a chance to hold him accountable in court, he loses. And he knows it.
This. There should be a hearing based on the SCOTUS ruling, but it shouldn’t be a hard question as to whether he was acting as president.