by Admin
Aug 16, 2024
Pres. Donald Trump’s Attorneys on Thursday are pleading to the presiding New York Judge to adjourn the judgment of their client to post-election days.
In a letter written by Todd Blanche and Emil Bove the attorneys of the former president to the presiding Judge, Juan Merchan, it was stated that “By adjourning the sentencing until after that election — which is of paramount importance to the entire Nation,”.
Highlighting the importance of the adjournment of the former president’s sentencing, his attorneys further stated that “the Court would reduce, even if not eliminate, issues regarding the integrity of any future proceedings.”
Judge Juan Merchan, is also the Judge who presided over President Donald Trump’s trial where he was convicted of felony charges of falsifying business records.
The former president is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 18 after being found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records.
If the judgment goes as scheduled on Sept.18, it falls on the same day President Donald Trump’s running mate Sen. JD Vance goes head-to-head with democratic vice president nominee gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota.
President Trump is facing conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records which is related to a hush-money transaction with an adult film star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential election.
The former president was meant to be sentenced on July 11 but had his hearing adjourned after he pleaded with Judge Juan Mechan who then fixed Sept 18 as the new date of judgment. The Judge defended his decision in order for the Republican Presidential candidate’s attorney to have time to present their case argument that a U.S. Supreme Court on the decision of presidential immunity in another different pres. Trump’s case should result in his conviction being overturned.
This will be the third time the judgment hearing on the hush money trial will be adjourned, it was recalled that Judge Juan Merchan was supposed to pass his judgment on September 6 but was pushed back until September 18, which the judge denied.
In the letter sent to Judge Juan Merchan, one of Trump’s attorneys, Todd Blanche, argued that the period between Judge Merchan’s decision on immunity and the sentencing date is too short, and will not be enough to give his client a reasonable time to file a proper appeal if the judgment goes against him, in his words, Todd said “A single business day is an unreasonably short period of time”.
Blanche further contended that the Manhattan District Attorney’s office should not be allowed to submit the sentencing hearing of pres. Trump while his immunity judgment is pending because it would be “personally and politically prejudicial to President Trump and his family, and harmful to the institution of the Presidency.”
The attorney further states that “the requested adjournment would prospectively mitigate the asserted conflicts and appearances of impropriety, which are also the subject of an ongoing congressional inquiry.”
The New York District Attorney’s office has declined to comment on the letter.