Summary
The sentencing in Donald Trump’s Manhattan hush-money case has been postponed indefinitely following his 2024 presidential election victory.
Judge Juan Merchan ordered Trump’s legal team to file their dismissal argument by December 2, with prosecutors responding a week later.
Trump’s attorneys argue that as president-elect, he is immune from prosecution and claim the case is politically motivated.
Prosecutors oppose outright dismissal, suggesting proceedings could be deferred until Trump’s presidency ends.
Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts for falsifying business records linked to hush-money payments during the 2016 election.
So they took their sweet ass time actually charging and convicting him and then want to drop any form of punishment? This shows lawmakers that people can indeed be above the law and it convinces voters of two things: many will see this as proof that the conviction wad politically motivated and others will see that the system is so fucked that we cannot even do basic prosecution of obvious corruption.