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Trump's Actions in Hush-Money Case Aren't Protected: Judge

Merchan still could throw out president-elect's convictions

(Newser) - The Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity does not require that President-elect Trump's hush-money convictions be thrown out, a judge ruled Monday. Judge Juan Merchan found that the evidence presented by the Manhattan district attorney was connected "entirely to unofficial conduct" by Trump and not to his...

DA Suggests 'Novel Remedies' in Trump Case

One option is to close the case with a notation acknowledging the conviction

(Newser) - Eager to preserve President-elect Trump's hush-money conviction even as he returns to office, prosecutors are suggesting various ways to handle the criminal case—including the novel notion of borrowing a procedure some courts use when defendants die. In court papers made public on Tuesday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg'...

In NY Case, Trump Lawyers Cite Hunter Biden Pardon

They accuse DA of engaging in 'the type of political theater' that president condemned

(Newser) - President-elect Trump's lawyers cited President Biden's pardoning of his son in their latest bid to have Trump's hush-money conviction tossed. In the filing made public Tuesday, Trump attorneys Todd Blance and Emil Bove said that "in issuing a 10-year-pardon to Hunter Biden that covers any and...

Manhattan DA: Trump's Case Can't Be Dropped
Manhattan Judge Postpones
Sentencing of Trump
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Nov 22, 2024 10:31 AM CST

Manhattan Judge Postpones Sentencing of Trump

Juan Merchan will consider defense request to dismiss the hush-money case

(Newser) - The judge in Donald Trump's hush-money case has postponed sentencing originally scheduled to take place next week, reports ABC News . The move by Judge Juan Merchan isn't a big surprise: Prosecutors said earlier this week they were open to putting the case on hold until Trump serves out...

NY Judge Delays Ruling on Scrapping Trump's Conviction

Juan Merchan kicks can down the road to Nov. 19 in hush money case

(Newser) - A judge on Tuesday postponed a decision on whether to undo President-elect Trump's conviction in his hush money case as his lawyers argued that his election last week warrants dismissing the case altogether so he can run the country. New York Judge Juan Merchan had been set to rule...

Supreme Court Has Bad News for Michael Cohen

Justices uphold ruling that lawsuit against Trump claiming retaliatory imprisonment can't go forward

(Newser) - The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday from Michael Cohen, who wanted to hold his former boss and ex-president Donald Trump liable for a jailing he said was retaliation for writing a tell-all memoir. The justices did not detail their reasoning in the brief order, reports the AP , as is...

Trump Seeks Postponement in Hush-Money Sentencing
Trump Wants Sentencing Delay
Aug 15, 2024 6:25 PM CDT

Trump Wants Sentencing Delay

Letter to judge suggests post-election hearing in hush-money case

(Newser) - Donald Trump wants the judge in his criminal hush-money case to again postpone sentencing, with his lawyers saying in a letter, "There is no basis for continuing to rush." Judge Juan Merchan has postponed a sentencing hearing once, after the Supreme Court released its ruling on presidential immunity....

SCOTUS Rules Against Move to Nix Trump Gag Order

High court rebuffs Missouri AG's argument that gag order in NY hush-money case would stifle Trump

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Monday shut down a long-shot push from Missouri to remove a gag order in former President Trump's hush-money case and delay his sentencing in New York. The Missouri attorney general went to the high court with the unusual request to sue New York after the...

New York Court Keeps Trump's Gag Order in Effect

Court denies former president's appeal; Merchan's order will stay in effect until sentencing

(Newser) - A New York appeals court on Thursday denied Donald Trump's bid to end a gag order in his hush-money criminal case, reports the AP , rejecting the former president's argument that his May conviction "constitutes a change in circumstances" that warrants lifting the restrictions. A five-judge panel in...

Trump Prosecutors Say Ruling on Immunity 'Has No Bearing'

Hush-money trial didn't involve official acts, Bragg's filing argues

(Newser) - Manhattan prosecutors have made their argument to the judge who presided over Donald Trump's criminal hush-money trial that he should uphold the conviction despite the Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity. The filing by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office, an answer to Trump's appeal citing the...

Trump Lawyers Make Case for Tossing Conviction

Prosecutors should have waited for Supreme Court ruling, defense argues

(Newser) - Donald Trump's lawyers have made their arguments for overturning the conviction in his hush-money trial, a motion released Thursday shows. The filing contends the US Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity this month means some of the evidence should not have been allowed in the trial, the Washington Post...

Trump Sentencing Delayed Until September

'TOTAL EXONERATION,' he says

(Newser) - Donald Trump's sentencing in his New York hush-money case won't happen until September—if it happens at all. Judge Juan Merchan, in response to legal filings from Trump's team after Monday's Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity, pushed the sentencing date back Tuesday from July 11...

DA OKs Delaying Trump's Sentencing
DA OKs Delaying
Trump's Sentencing
Jul 2, 2024 10:30 AM CDT

DA OKs Delaying Trump's Sentencing

Alvin Bragg says sentencing on 34 felonies can stall until July 24

(Newser) - Manhattan prosecutors said they'd be open to delaying Donald Trump's sentencing in his criminal hush-money case following a Supreme Court ruling that granted broad immunity protections to presidents. In a letter filed Tuesday, prosecutors with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office said they wouldn't oppose delaying...

After Storm of Threats, Bragg's Office Makes an Ask

Prosecutors ask judge to keep much of Trump gag order in place in hush-money case till sentencing

(Newser) - Manhattan's district attorney has asked the judge who oversaw Donald Trump's hush-money trial to extend the former president's gag order, with modifications. The Guardian notes that the gag order, which Trump's circle has long pushed back on, was placed on Trump before his felony trial kicked...

New York's Top Court Declines Trump's Gag Order Appeal

Court of Appeals finds gag order in hush-money trial doesn't raise 'substantial' constitutional issues

(Newser) - New York's top court declined on Tuesday to hear Donald Trump's gag order appeal, leaving the restrictions in place following his felony conviction last month. As the AP reports, the Court of Appeals found that the order doesn't raise "substantial" constitutional issues that would warrant an...

Biden Unleashes Withering New Trump Attack

$50M ad blitz puts the focus on former president as a 'convicted criminal'

(Newser) - After Hunter Biden was convicted, some pundits wondered whether it would make President Biden less likely to go after Donald Trump on that front. A $50 million ad campaign rolling out Monday suggests the answer is no.
  • Brutal ad: The Biden campaign released a "Character Matters" ad that gets
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After Hunter Biden Conviction Comes the Political Fallout

Biden preps for attacks that he's not a good father, while a Trump talking point is weakened

(Newser) - Tuesday saw the conviction of Hunter Biden on federal gun charges. With Wednesday comes a whole slew of assessments about what just happened and how it might play out going forward. Some highlights:
  • Biden strategy: Politico Playbook reports that President Biden's team is prepping for him to be labeled
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Trump's Probation Interview Is Monday, on Zoom

Meeting is the next step in sentencing process

(Newser) - Donald Trump's interview with a New York City probation officer is scheduled to take place over Zoom on Monday. It's the next step in the sentencing process after the former president was convicted of 34 felonies in a hush-money case last month. Trump will sit for the interview...

Merchan: Facebook Post Said Jury Would Convict Trump

Judge tells both sides but requests no action

(Newser) - Judge Juan Merchan, who's handling the New York trial in which Donald Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts, has informed both sides in the case that someone claimed to know the verdict before it was announced in court. Merchan wrote prosecutors and defense lawyers on Friday that a...

Next on NYPD's Radar: Trump's Gun License

Felons in New York, Florida can't possess firearms; NYPD reportedly seeking to revoke Trump's license

(Newser) - As a convicted felon, Donald Trump is no longer legally allowed to own a firearm, under both federal law and state law in New York and Florida. Now, the NYPD is reportedly looking to lock that down. A senior police official tells CNN that the police department is getting ready...

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