In the lawsuit against President-elect Donald Trump, which was initiated by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan has set the sentencing date and made an unexpected revelation.
According to The Associated Press, he set the date for January 10, one week before Trump’s inauguration, but he made it clear that the punishment would not include any jail time because the president-elect is still appealing the decision.
In response to the Trump team’s request to have the conviction dismissed, he indicated that he would grant him an unconditional discharge, which is a situation in which the conviction remains in effect but the case is closed and the offender is not subject to probation, a fine, or jail time.
In his announcement, the judge stated, “In fact, the sanctity of a jury verdict and the deference that must be accorded to it is a bedrock principle in our Nation’s jurisprudence.”
The Constitution states that a president-elect does not have the power of the chief executive; only a president who has taken the oath of office does. As a result, a president-elect is not allowed to take use of the safeguards that are available to the person holding that office. … According to him, “binding precedent does not grant blanket Presidential-elect immunity, nor does it provide that an individual can retroactively dismiss or vacate prior criminal acts upon becoming President.”
Although convenient, any assertion made by the defendant that the circumstances have changed as a result of the defendant’s victory in the presidential election is deceptive. Since the beginning of this lawsuit, the defendant has consistently expressed confidence in winning the 2024 election, and this confidence has turned out to be well-founded. It was completely expected that he would be elected “President-elect” and would have to take on all the duties that accompany the change. Therefore, this Court was justified in believing that his plea to postpone sentencing until after the election meant that he would be sentenced during the period between the election and taking the oath of office, Merchan continued.
The defendant was unanimously convicted by 12 jurors of 34 charges of fabricating business records with the purpose to deceive, including the intent to commit or conceal a conspiracy to use illegal methods to advance a presidential election. The gravamen of this offense was the leader of the free world’s premeditated and ongoing lying. A disproportionate outcome and irreparable harm to the public’s trust in the Rule would follow from overturning this decision on the basis that the allegations are not serious enough in light of the position the defendant has held and is set to retake, he said.
Merchan’s choice prompted a response from Trump himself.
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“I never made up business documents. It’s a fabricated accusation against their political rival, ME, by a dishonest judge who is merely carrying out the Biden/Harris Injustice Department’s mandate! Where there was no case, he made one. keeps a “gag order” on me to prevent me from discussing his corruption. The Fake News is fully aware of it, but they won’t discuss it. He wrote on Truth Social that he might be the most conflicted judge in the history of New York State.
With complete support, the accountant testified that the records were flawless and completely legal. On the books, a legal expense was referred to as such. It could not have been termed anything else. This was referred to as record falsification. Nothing was hidden; everything was visible to everyone. There is no case against me, according to all eminent legal scholars. The judge ought to be barred!
“Another corrupt judge (who has been overturned five times on my case alone and is the most overturned judge in New York!) valued Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, at $18,000,000, when it is worth 50 to 100 times that amount,” he continued.Then there’s the woman who received nearly $100,000 in New York, who I’ve never met (famous photo lines from 30 years ago don’t count!). A judge who despises Trump and is completely out of control presided. Each of these instances involved the Biden/Harris DOJ, either directly or indirectly. I defeated the insane Jack Smith!
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