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Trump gets criminal sentencing delayed till after presidential election
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A New York judge agreed to delay the sentencing of former President Donald Trump in a criminal hush money case.
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Lawyers for Donald Trump asked a federal appeals court to stop his sentencing until the judges can hear the former president’s legal argument to move the hush money case into federal court.
A day after a federal judge denied his request to move his state hush-money and election-interference case to a federal court, Donald Trump asked for the denial to be put on hold amid appeal.
NEW YORK - A New York judge on Friday delayed former U.S. President Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money criminal case until after the Nov. 5 election, writing that he wants to avoid the unwarranted perception of a political motive.
Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan, who is also weighing a defense request to overturn the verdict on immunity grounds, delayed Trump’s sentencing until Nov. 26.
Former President Donald Trump will not face criminal sentencing in New York for his state felony convictions ahead of the November election, according to a decision released Friday by New York Judge Juan Merchan
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan's decision pushing the Sept. 18 sentencing to Nov. 26 means voters won't know by Election Day the fate of the former president.
Former President Donald Trump will not be sentenced in his New York criminal hush money case until after the Nov. 5 presidential election, a judge ruled.
NEW YORK >> A New York judge today delayed former President Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money criminal case until after the Nov. 5 election, writing that he wants to avoid the unwarranted perception of a political motive.
A judge has agreed to postpone Donald Trump’s sentencing in his New York hush money case until after the November election. Judge Juan M. Merchan said in his decision Friday that he wanted to avoid any perception that the sentence was intended to tilt the scales in the presidential campaign.
A New York judge is delaying the sentencing of former President Donald Trump until Nov. 26, meaning the GOP nominee won't be punished for his felony convictions until after the election.
A New York judge has moved the sentencing in Donald Trump's hush money trial to after the election, on November 26. "The public's confidence in the integrity of our judicial system demands a sentencing hearing that is entirely focused on the verdict of the jury and the weighing of aggr...