"A jury of 12 New Yorkers swiftly and unanimously convicted Donald Trump of 34 felony counts," Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a statement to CBS News Friday afternoon. "The Manhattan D.A.'s Office stands ready for sentencing on the new date set by the court." Merchan has...
Ina decisionFriday, Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan delayed Trump’s sentencing until Nov. 26, three weeks after the final votes are cast in the U.S. presidential election. The sentencing had been scheduled for Sept. 18, about seven weeks before Elec...
Mr Blanche also claimed in his letter that the current sentencing date is unfair to Trump because it is scheduled to take place two days after the trial judge, Juan Merchan, is expected to rule on the defence's request to overturn the verdict and dismiss the case because of th...
Judge Juan Manuel Merchan agreed to a 30-day postponement and scheduled a hearing for March 25 to address questions about the evidence dump. The trial had been scheduled to start on March 25. It is among four criminal indictments against Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nomin...
Merchan noted the upcoming presidential election in his decision to delay sentencing, saying that part of his reason for doing so was to avoid the appearance that the sentencing was intended to influence the November election. “Adjourning decision on the motion and sentencing, if such is required...
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Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan deemed the former president’s request untimely, ruling that his lawyers had “myriad opportunities” to raise the immunity issue before they finally did so in a March 7 court filing. The timing of the defense filing ...
Justice Juan Merchan issued an order on Friday delaying sentencing until Nov. 26. Merchan wrote that he made the decision "to avoid any appearance — however unwarranted — that the proceeding has been affected by or seeks to affect the approaching Presidential election in which the Defendant is...
In a letter to Merchan that was made public Friday, Assistant Dist. Atty. Joshua Steinglass argued that the gag order’s ban on statements meant to interfere with or harass the court’s staff or their families makes the judge’s daughter off-limits ...
A New York judge has delayed former President Donald Trump's sentencing date in his criminal case for a second time, allowing Trump to wait until after the election to learn his fate after his conviction in his"hush money" case. Trump had been scheduled to be sentenced in the case on Sep...