Republican candidate in the US presidential election Donald TrumpSentencing in the falsification of business records case has been postponed until the presidential election in November.
The former US president was scheduled to be sentenced on September 18. However, Judge Joan Murchan postponed it until November 26 at the request of Trump’s lawyers.
He wrote that ‘the court did not make this decision lightly, but in the opinion of the court this is the decision that best meets the requirements of justice.’
The decision has been postponed at a time when Trump and his opponent, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, will face off on the debate stage next Tuesday.
Trump welcomed the delay in sentencing, calling the case a “political vendetta” on his Truth social platform.
“This case should be dropped,” he added.
Politically harmful
Trump, 78, was indicted in May on 34 charges. He was accused of making secret payments to porn star Stormy Daniels to prevent her from disclosing an alleged sexual relationship before the 2016 election, and of falsifying business records to hide the payment.
The twice-impeached former president was originally scheduled to be sentenced on July 11.
It was delayed when the US Supreme Court ruled that a former president has immunity from criminal prosecution.
Trump’s lawyers had requested that his conviction be overturned in New York following the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling.
The judge said he would rule on the dismissal request on November 12.
He added that Trump had asked for the delay in sentencing to avoid the “politically damaging” impact that a public announcement of the sentence could have on him and the upcoming elections.
A few hours earlier, Trump was speaking in New York about his myriad legal problems and denied multiple allegations of sexual harassment or assault by women.
Admitting in Trump Tower that ‘this is the kind of publicity you don’t like’, he even spent an hour reminding voters of allegations of sexual harassment by various women, including author EJane Carroll.
Intervention
Trump’s detailed comments on the cases were surprising because he wants groups like suburban women to win in a tough race against Harris, 59, who is aiming to become the nation’s first female president.
Trump appeared in a New York court on Friday in the Carroll case, where he was ordered to pay $5 million in damages for sexual assault and defamation.
Trump called the case a ‘political interference’ and said, ‘I have never met him. I never touched them.’
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In this September 6, 2024 photo, Jane Carroll leaves the federal appeals court in Manhattan after arguments in an appeal of a ruling brought by former US President Donald Trump in New York (AFP).
He warned that ‘Kamala Harris and the communist left have imposed a barbaric plague of bloodshed, crime, chaos, misery and death on our land.’
“We need to turn the page on this Trump era,” Harris told the Univision radio station.
He received a key endorsement on Friday – from former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney, who said: ‘There has never been a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump.’
Jane O’Malley Dillon, Harris’ campaign chairman, said her daughter Liz Chaney publicly endorsed Harris this week, joining hundreds of other Republicans who, like her father, have put ‘country over party’. ‘Given.
Harris’ entry into the race six weeks ago boosted excitement among Democrats who were pessimistic about President Joe Biden’s chances of defeating Trump.
His team announced Friday that it raised $361 million in August, the largest monthly amount raised during the campaign and nearly three times Trump’s figure.
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