{"id":106854,"date":"2024-08-20T00:03:27","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T00:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/prosecutors-defer-to-judge-on-delaying-donald-trumps-sentencing-date-in-hush-money-case\/"},"modified":"2024-08-20T00:03:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T00:03:27","slug":"prosecutors-defer-to-judge-on-delaying-donald-trumps-sentencing-date-in-hush-money-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/prosecutors-defer-to-judge-on-delaying-donald-trumps-sentencing-date-in-hush-money-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutors defer to judge on delaying Donald Trump&#8217;s sentencing date in hush money case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-08-19\/Getty_081924_TrumpinCourt.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(NEW YORK) &#8212; Prosecutors in New York are taking no position on former President Donald Trump&#8217;s request to delay sentencing of his &#8220;hush money&#8221; conviction until after the November election.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the Manhattan district attorney&#8217;s office said in a letter Monday it would defer to Judge Juan Merchan.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is currently scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 18 after a jury convicted him of all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to a hush payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels.<\/p>\n<p>Trump had originally been scheduled to be sentenced on July 11, but Merchan said last month he would rule on Trump&#8217;s immunity claim on Sept. 16 and impose sentencing two days later.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has argued the recent Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity should render some evidence inadmissible and, therefore, throw out the conviction.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said they would leave it to the judge to decide whether Trump should be allowed to exhaust his appeals prior to sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The People are prepared to appear for sentencing on any future date the Court sets,&#8221; the letter said. &#8220;The People are also mindful that significant public safety and logistical steps by multiple agencies are necessary to prepare for court appearances in this matter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In asking for a delay last week, Trump&#8217;s lawyers questioned whether sentencing should take place after the start of early voting, arguing that the timing harms the integrity of the proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Finally, setting aside naked election-interference objectives, there is no valid countervailing reason for the Court to keep the current sentencing date on the calendar. There is no basis for continuing to rush,&#8221; defense lawyers wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images (NEW YORK) &#8212; Prosecutors in New York are taking no position on former President Donald Trump&#8217;s request to delay sentencing of his &#8220;hush money&#8221; conviction until after the November election. Instead, the Manhattan district attorney&#8217;s office said in a letter Monday it would defer to Judge<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/prosecutors-defer-to-judge-on-delaying-donald-trumps-sentencing-date-in-hush-money-case\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106854"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106854\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}