Judge Juan Merchan rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s motion to delay sentencing in the New York criminal case where he was found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records.
Merchan wrote on Monday, “Defendant’s motion for a stay of these proceedings, including the sentencing hearing scheduled for January 10, 2025, is hereby DENIED.”
‘Trump’s legal team moved to stop the unlawful sentencing.’
The judge announced the date late last week, stating that sentencing Trump after completing his second term would be “less desirable than imposing sentence prior to January 20, 2025.”
Trump was initially slated to face sentencing in July, but the date was repeatedly delayed due to the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity and Trump’s November election win.
On Monday, Trump’s attorneys, Todd Blanche and Emil
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