President-elect Donald Trump asked a judge Monday to halt this week\u2019s sentencing in his hush money case while they appeal a ruling upholding the verdict.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s lawyers said they plan to ask a state appeals court to reverse Judge Juan M. Merchan\u2019s decision last week, which set the case for sentencing on Friday.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s lawyers argued that their appeal should trigger what\u2019s known as an automatic stay, or pause, in the proceedings. If that doesn\u2019t happen, they argued, Merchan should then grant a pause and prevent sentencing from happening on Friday as scheduled.<\/p>\n
In his decision last week, the judge signaled he is not likely to sentence Trump, a Republican, to any punishment for his historic conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.<\/p>\n
Merchan wrote that only \u201cbringing finality to this matter\u201d by sentencing Trump would serve the interests of justice.<\/p>\n
The judge wrote that sentencing Trump to what\u2019s known as an unconditional discharge \u2014 closing the case without jail time, a fine or probation \u2014 \u201cappears to be the most viable solution.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump will have an opportunity to speak at his sentencing, as will his lawyers and prosecutors. Once he is sentenced, he can appeal the verdict, as he has vowed to do.<\/p>\n
Trump is on course to be the first president to take office convicted of felony crimes. The charges involved an alleged scheme to hide a hush money payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels in the last weeks of Trump\u2019s 2016 campaign to keep her from publicizing claims she\u2019d had sex with him years earlier.<\/p>\n
The conviction carried the possibility of punishment ranging from a fine or probation to up to four years in prison.<\/p>\n
Cohen, a key prosecution witness who had previously called for Trump to be put in prison, said that \u201cbased upon all of the intervening circumstances\u201d Merchan\u2019s decision to sentence Trump without punishment \u201cis both judicious and appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n
The outcome of this case remains uncertain, with Trump\u2019s lawyers seeking to halt the sentencing and appeal the verdict. If the appeal is denied, Trump will be sentenced and will have the opportunity to appeal the verdict. This case has significant implications for the future of the presidency and the administration of justice.<\/p>\n
A: Trump\u2019s lawyers are appealing the verdict and seeking to halt the sentencing, citing the possibility of presidential immunity and the upcoming second term.<\/p>\n
A: Judge Juan M. Merchan has upheld the verdict and set the case for sentencing on Friday, signaling that he is unlikely to sentence Trump to any punishment.<\/p>\n
A: The conviction carried the possibility of punishment ranging from a fine or probation to up to four years in prison.<\/p>\n
A: This case has significant implications for the future of the presidency and the administration of justice, as Trump is on course to be the first president to take office convicted of felony crimes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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