US President-elect Donald Trump has been spared from any punishment over his criminal conviction stemming from hush mone paid to porn star Stormy Daniels and will not pay any fine or go to jail, a judge ruled on Friday. The ruling came 10 days before Trump will take office after his swearing-in ceremony. However, Justice…
In a singular moment in U.S. history, President-elect Donald Trump faces sentencing Friday for his New York hush money conviction after the nation’s highest court refused to intervene. Like so much else in the criminal case and the current American political landscape, the scenario set to unfold in an austere Manhattan courtroom was unimaginable only…
President-elect Donald Trump unleashed a scathing critique of the US justice system after the Supreme Court rejected his last-minute attempt to delay his sentencing in a hush money case, calling the decision part of a politically motivated campaign against him. “This was nothing other than weaponization of our justice system against a political opponent. It’s…
The US Supreme Court rejected on Thursday Donald Trump’s request to halt his sentencing in a New York state court for the president-elect’s conviction on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star. The court in a 5-4 decision denied Trump’s last-minute bid prevent his sentencing, scheduled for Friday at 9:30 am…
ALBANY, N.Y: New York’s highest court on Thursday declined to block Donald Trump’s upcoming sentencing in his hush money case, leaving the U.S. Supreme Court as the president-elect’s likely last option to prevent the hearing from taking place Friday. One judge of the New York Court of Appeals issued a brief order declining to grant…
A New York appellate court on Tuesday denied President-elect Donald Trump’s bid to halt sentencing set for Friday for his conviction on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star. Associate Justice Ellen Gesmer of the Appellate Division, a mid-level state appeals court, made the decision after holding a hearing on Trump’s…
US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday lost a bid to put off his sentencing on Friday for his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn star. Citing both presidential immunity and the demands of Trump’s impending January 20 inauguration, his lawyers on Monday morning said Justice Juan Merchan’s intention not to penalise…
NEW YORK: President-elect Donald Trump on Monday moved to indefinitely postpone this week’s sentencing in his hush money case as he appeals a ruling that upheld the verdict and put him on course to be the first president to take office convicted of crimes. Trump’s lawyers say the case should be put on hold automatically…
US President-elect Donald Trump will be sentenced on January 10 in the hush money case, but is unlikely to face jail time, a judge said. Justice Juan Merchan has ruled that Donald Trump must attend a court hearing just 10 days before his January 20 inauguration. This marks an unprecedented moment, as no former or…
US President-elect Donald Trump will be sentenced on January 10 in the criminal case in which he was convicted on charges involving hush money paid to a porn star, but is unlikely to face jail time, a judge said on Friday. Justice Juan Merchan’s ruling means Trump will be required to appear at a court…