Victory for Trump, his sentence announcement postponed till after the election | EUROtoday

LThe choose answerable for Donald Trump's legal trial in New York on Friday postponed the announcement of the sentence towards the previous president till after the US elections.

By adjourning the legal sentence towards Trump, convicted in May for hidden funds, from September 18 to November 26, Judge Juan Merchan provided respite and a serious victory to the Republican candidate, who aspires to return to the White House within the November 5 election towards Democrat Kamala Harris. The 78-year-old businessman, who has shaken up American democracy in a decade, will subsequently serve his sentence both within the guise of a re-elected president who would take workplace on January 20, 2025, or as a defeated former White House tenant.

“This is not a decision that the (New York State) Court takes lightly, but it is the decision that, in the eyes of the Court, best serves the interests of justice,” wrote Judge Merchan, who has been listening to a number of appeals from Donald Trump’s protection and who had already postponed sentencing from July 11 to September 18. “This independent case holds a special place in the history of this Nation and this court has presided over it from its inception – from indictment to jury verdict,” he continued.

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“The judge's decision benefits Trump enormously. He is now free to campaign without the weight of a possible prison sentence hanging over his head,” Pace University regulation professor and former prosecutor Bennett Gershman instructed AFP.

The former president's legal professionals had requested a brand new delay following a powerful resolution on July 1 by the US Supreme Court, with a conservative majority, which expanded the scope of presidential legal immunity. Donald Trump welcomed this resolution, believing that he ought to now profit from a dismissal of the case. “The case should be closed,” declared the Republican candidate for the US presidency on his Truth Social platform, claiming that he had “done nothing wrong.”