Donald Trump, the president-elect, requested on Tuesday that the charges against him be dropped and that the case be dismissed before his scheduled Friday imprisonment in New York. The demand to a state appeals court marked a last-ditch efforts by Trump to stop a lower court decision on Monday to deal with the punishment on Friday, 10 times before Trump’s Jan. 20 opening. Justice Juan Merchan’s request to delay the sentencing was denied in Monday’s ruling, which upheld two of his earlier rulings upholding the Manhattan jury’s verdict on 34 counts of falsifying records. Trump’s request for a delay was mostly” a repetition of the arguments he has raised numerous times in the past,” according to the judge, who set the sentencing date for Friday. He said a sentence of unconditional discharge, effectively putting a judgment of guilt on his record without a fine or probation, would be the most practical approach given Trump’s looming inauguration. Citing both presidential immunity and the demands of Trump’s impending inauguration, his lawyers on Monday morning said Merchan’s intention not to penalize Trump was” of no moment”. According to the attorneys,” Presidential immunity violations cannot be tolerated in favor of a hurried pre-inauguration sentence.” 2: 22
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Trump has long argued that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, brought the case to harm his 2024 reelection campaign. According to Bragg, his office frequently faces felony falsification of business records. Trump became the first sitting or former U.S. president to face criminal charges and be found guilty of a crime as a result of the hush money case. His attorneys have attempted to have the case thrown twice since the verdict, and they now say they plan to appeal. Prior to this, Merchan refuted their claim that the hush money case must be dismissed as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in a separate criminal case against Trump in July that presidents cannot be tried for official acts. According to McGregor, the hush money controversy centered on Trump’s personal behavior. After Trump’s reelection, his attorneys argued that allowing the case to hang over him while president would hinder his ability to govern. Merchan refuted that claim, claiming that overturning the jury’s verdict would be a disgrace to the rule of law. Luc Cohen’s report was released in New York.
