After months of delays, a New York judge set a sentencing date Friday for former President Donald Trump, who was convicted in May of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal a hush money payment to a porn star in the waning days of the 2016 presidential election. New York Supreme Court Justice … Read more
Donald Trump is asking the judge in his New York hush money criminal case to delay his sentencing until after the November presidential election. In a letter made public Thursday, a lawyer for the former president and current Republican nominee suggested that sentencing Trump as scheduled on Sept. 18 – about seven weeks before Election … Read more
Former President Donald Trump is now asking the judge overseeing his criminal hush money case to push back his Sept. 18 sentencing until after the November general election, saying that doing so would “mitigate” the “appearance of impropriety.” “There is no basis for continuing to rush,” Trump attorney Todd Blanche wrote in the letter, dated … Read more
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump asked a judge to postpone sentencing in his Manhattan hush money trial, the first step in their effort to throw out the verdict following a Supreme Court ruling that granted him broad immunity from prosecution on Monday. Trump’s attorneys wrote a letter to Judge Juan Merchan, who has overseen … Read more
New York state’s highest court declined to take up an appeal regarding former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial gag order, leaving it in place for now. Judge Juan Merchan handed down the gag order earlier this year to prevent Trump from attacking witnesses, attorneys and others involved in his criminal trial, actions that could … Read more
President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is taking off the gloves and going after his rival, presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump, with a new $50 million ad campaign focusing on the former president’s historic criminal conviction in New York. The 30-second spot, titled “Character Matters,” features images of Trump in the Manhattan courtroom where he was … Read more
A long-standing, unwritten rule that evolved to avoid clogging up the criminal justice system could now work to sentence newly convicted felon Donald Trump to prison when he appears before a New York City judge next month. The former president, legal experts say, has put himself on the wrong side of a process that rewards … Read more
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has tentatively agreed to testify before Congress after his office secured a historic guilty verdict against former President Donald Trump. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan sent a letter asking for Bragg’s testimony May 31, the day after a New York jury found Trump guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying … Read more
Former Attorney General Bill Barr on Wednesday criticized Donald Trump’s guilty verdict in the hush money trial, adding that he expects the former president’s conviction to be overturned. In an interview with “Fox Across America With Jimmy Failla,” Barr said he didn’t expect the former president would face charges in the case. Trump was indicted … Read more
A New York Times poll released Wednesday found that Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 felony charges may have slightly improved President Joe Biden’s chances of beating him in November’s election. The survey of nearly 2,000 voters previously polled by the Times found that the group favored Trump by just 1 percentage point post-conviction, down 2 … Read more
