"A judge agreed Friday to postpone Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case until after the November election...
"Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan, who is also weighing a defense request to overturn the verdict on immunity grounds, delayed Trump’s sentencing until Nov. 26, three weeks after the final votes are cast in the presidential election.
"..the #election will be decided without voters knowing if the Republican nominee is going to jail."
https://apnews.com/article/trump-hush-money-sentencing-delay-postponed-election-be5a6fd3481055187543236c8dd3b045
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#BadNews #law #crime
@jrefior To be fair, we knew this was coming since June.
How so?
"The sentencing had been scheduled for Sept. 18, about seven weeks before Election Day."
It's not obvious that the SCOTUS immunity decision applies to this case.
"Trump was charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecution_of_Donald_Trump_in_New_York