“US President-elect Donald Trump failed to secure a delay in sentencing in a case involving payments to a porn actress in exchange for her silence before the 2016 election. Trump’s conviction would make him the first person with a criminal record to serve as president.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
US President-elect Donald Trump failed to secure a delay in sentencing in a case involving payments to a porn actress in exchange for her silence before the 2016 election. Trump’s conviction would make him the first person with a criminal record to serve as president.
Source: “European Truth” with reference to The Hill
Details: Judge Juan Mercan rejected a request by Trump’s lawyers to cancel a scheduled sentencing on Jan. 10 — ten days before Trump’s inauguration — in a case involving payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels in exchange for her silence about her past ties to Trump in the past during the 2016 election campaign, which was seen as hidden campaign expenses.
“The court considered the defendant’s arguments in support of the petition and believes that they mostly repeat arguments that have been used many times before,” Merchan noted in the decision.
Merchan had previously agreed to postpone the announcement of the verdict until after the presidential election, but then rejected Trump’s attempts to stop the trial by citing presidential immunity.
Although it is known in advance that Merchan will not impose a serious punishment on Trump, after the guilty verdict, he will become the first person with a criminal record to take the office of the president.
As wrote “EvroPravda”the “porn money” case was the only one in which Trump’s sentence could be announced before the presidential election in the USA: for the rest, even the hearings on the merits have not yet begun.