Donald Trump’s sentence postponed – Worldys News

After the Supreme Court ruling that grants him immunity

A judge postponed the sentence until September 18. Donald Trump for covering up hush money payments, the first consequence of a ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States on presidential immunity, which is postponed until after the Republican convention.

The US high court has ruled that Trump enjoys some immunity from prosecution as a former president, a decision that will also delay his trial on charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election.

Hours after the ruling was announced, Trump’s legal team said in a letter to the New York court that the immunity ruling vindicated Trump’s position that he should not be tried for his “official acts,” and reiterated its request that the conviction be overturned.

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The sentencing had been scheduled for July 11, days before the July 15 Republican National Convention where Trump is expected to be proclaimed the party’s nominee for the battle against President Donald Trump. Joe Biden by White House.

“The matter is adjourned until 18 September 2024, at 10am, for the imposition of the sentence, if it is still necessary”He said Judge Juan Merchan in a court filing to allow time for the bombshell Supreme Court ruling to be considered.

The Manhattan District Attorney, Alvin Bragghad previously said in a written statement that he was not opposed to the postponement, but that he believed that “the defendant’s arguments are unfounded.”

The conviction in May in New York made Trump the first former US president to be found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments over his alleged affair with an adult film star in the run-up to the 2016 election.

Trump, in messages on Truth Social, welcomed the Supreme Court’s immunity decision, calling it a “a great victory for our constitution and democracy.”