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RFK Jr. Must Be Removed From Michigan Ballot, Appeals Court Says
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. should be removed from the Michigan ballot, the state Court of Appeals ruled Friday.
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Trump's hush money sentencing delayed until after U.S. presidential election
Sentencing now set for Nov. 26
Thomson Reuters · Posted: Sep 06, 2024 1:23 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
Former U.S. president Donald Trump prepares to address the media after being found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30. The judge has delayed Trump's sentencing on those convictions. (Michael M. Santiago/Reuters)
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Trump, the Republican nominee for president, had previously been scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 18. His lawyers in August asked Justice Juan Merchan to push back his sentencing date until after the vote, citing "naked election-interference objectives."
Merchan said on Friday he now planned to sentence Trump on Nov. 26, unless the case is dismissed before then.
"The imposition of sentence will be adjourned 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 a candidate," the judge wrote. "The court is a fair, impartial and apolitical institution."
Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said after the ruling that the case should be dismissed altogether.
"There should be no sentencing in the Manhattan D.A.'s election interference witch hunt," Cheung said in a statement.
Presidential immunity ruling also pushed back
Trump's lawyers in August argued there would not be enough time before the sentencing for the defence to potentially appeal Merchan's forthcoming ruling on Trump's request to overturn the conviction due to the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision on presidential immunity.Merchan had been scheduled to rule on that motion on Sept. 16. He wrote on Friday he now plans to rule on that motion on Nov. 12.
WATCH | Trump speaks after felony conviction in May:
Trial was 'rigged,' Trump says
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Former U.S. president Donald Trump remained defiant after being found guilty on all 34 counts in his hush-money trial in New York, saying the trial was 'rigged' and a 'disgrace'
The Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling, which related to a separate criminal case Trump faces, found that presidents cannot be criminally prosecuted for their official acts, and that evidence of presidents' official actions cannot be used to help prove criminal cases involving unofficial actions.
Prosecutors with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office argued their case involved Trump's personal conduct, not official acts, so there was no reason to overturn the verdict.
But prosecutors took no position on Trump's request to delay sentencing, saying in an Aug. 16 filing they deferred to Merchan on the question. The prosecutors said an appellate court could delay the sentencing anyway to give itself time to consider Trump's arguments, a move they said would be "disruptive."
Bragg's team also said Trump's court appearances required significant security and logistical planning, and said there was a risk preparations could be made for his sentencing only to be called off. Trump's six-week trial brought a heavy police presence to lower Manhattan.
In declining to advocate for a sentencing date before the election, Bragg may have been conscious of Trump's oft-repeated claim that the Democratic prosecutor is seeking to interfere in his campaign, said George Grasso, a retired New York state judge who attended Trump's trial.
"He's probably appropriately sensitive to opening himself up to charges from Trump and Trump supporters that he's being too political," Grasso said. "He threaded the needle."
Donald Trump is now a convicted felon after he was found guilty on all counts in his hush-money trial in New York. Callers tell BC Today host Michelle Eliot whether they think that will hurt his electoral chances in November.
In the first-ever criminal trial of a former or current U.S. president, Trump was convicted on May 30 of falsifying business records to cover up his then-lawyer's $130,000 payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels for her silence before the 2016 election about a sexual encounter she says she had with Trump a decade earlier.
Trump denies the encounter and has vowed to appeal the verdict once he is sentenced.
Falsifying business records is punishable by up to four years in prison, though punishments such as fines or probation are more common for others convicted of that crime in the past.
If Trump wins the White House, he could potentially order the Department of Justice to drop federal election interference charges against him. He would not have the authority to end the New York state case or an election interference case in Georgia.
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