{"id":138011,"date":"2024-12-17T11:23:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T04:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138011"},"modified":"2024-12-17T11:23:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T04:23:52","slug":"judge-rejects-trumps-bid-to-toss-hush-money-conviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138011","title":{"rendered":"Judge rejects Trump\u2019s bid to toss hush money conviction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 A judge Monday refused to throw out <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\">President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a><\/span> hush money <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-trial-deliberations-jury-testimony-verdict-85558c6d08efb434d05b694364470aa0\">conviction<\/a><\/span> because of the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s recent ruling on presidential immunity. But the overall future of the historic case remains unclear. <\/p>\n<p>Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan\u2019s decision blocks one potential off-ramp from the case ahead of the former and future president\u2019s return to office next month. His lawyers have raised other arguments for dismissal, however. It\u2019s unclear when \u2014 or whether \u2014 a sentencing date might be set. <\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors have said there should be some accommodation for his upcoming presidency, but they insist the conviction should stand. <\/p>\n<p>A jury convicted Trump in May of 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a $130,000 hush money payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels in 2016. Trump denies wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>The allegations involved a scheme to hide <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-trial-hush-money-opening-stormy-daniels-6beee9b99114898ee0dd60185d43bac5\">the payout<\/a><\/span> to Daniels during the final days of Trump\u2019s 2016 presidential campaign to keep her from publicizing \u2014 and keep voters from hearing \u2014 her claim of a sexual encounter with the married then-businessman years earlier. He says nothing sexual happened between them. <\/p>\n<p>A month after the verdict, the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/supreme-court-trump-capitol-riot-immunity-2dc0d1c2368d404adc0054151490f542\">Supreme Court ruled<\/a><\/span> that ex-presidents can\u2019t be prosecuted for official acts \u2014 things they did in the course of running the country \u2014 and that prosecutors can\u2019t cite those actions to bolster a case centered on purely personal, unofficial conduct. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-immunity-hush-money-new-york-conviction-b67bafcb92b287933c6e6d54fc122117\">Trump\u2019s lawyers then cited the Supreme Court opinion to<\/a><\/span> argue that the hush money jury got some improper evidence, such as Trump\u2019s presidential financial disclosure form, testimony from some White House aides and social media posts made while he was in office.<\/p>\n<p>In Monday\u2019s ruling, Merchan denied the bulk of Trump\u2019s claims that some of prosecutors\u2019 evidence related to official acts and implicated immunity protections.<\/p>\n<p>The judge said that even if he found that some evidence related to official conduct, he\u2019d still conclude that prosecutors\u2019 decision to use \u201cthese acts as evidence of the decidedly personal acts of falsifying business records poses no danger of intrusion on the authority and function of the Executive Branch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even if prosecutors had erroneously introduced evidence that could be challenged under an immunity claim, Merchan continued, \u201csuch error was harmless in light of the overwhelming evidence of guilt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-hush-money-new-york-immunity-a6662f61014a7f47400a4af163e01eb3\">Prosecutors had said<\/a><\/span> the evidence in question was only \u201ca sliver\u201d of their case.<\/p>\n<p>Trump communications director Steven Cheung on Monday called Merchan\u2019s decision a \u201cdirect violation of the Supreme Court\u2019s decision on immunity, and other longstanding jurisprudence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis lawless case should have never been brought, and the Constitution demands that it be immediately dismissed,\u201d Cheung said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg\u2019s office, which prosecuted the case, declined to comment. <\/p>\n<p>Merchan\u2019s decision noted that part of the Supreme Court\u2019s immunity ruling declared that \u201cnot everything the president does is official.\u201d Trump\u2019s social media posts, for example, were personal, Merchan wrote.<\/p>\n<p>He also pointed to a <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-new-york-indictment-stormy-daniels-cohen-e673f673d205a70275d05510793672f2\">prior federal court ruling<\/a><\/span> that concluded that the hush money payment and subsequent reimbursements pertained to Trump\u2019s private life, not official duties.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, a Republican, takes office Jan. 20. He\u2019s the first former president to be convicted of a felony and the first convicted criminal to be elected to the office.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last six months, his lawyers have made numerous efforts to get the conviction and the overall case dismissed. After Trump won last month\u2019s election, Merchan indefinitely postponed his sentencing \u2014 which had been scheduled for late November \u2014 so defense lawyers and prosecutors could suggest next steps. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-manhattan-da-hush-money-stormy-daniels-4ca273191cb1ea226c8938ef14f0b259\">Trump\u2019s defense argued<\/a><\/span> that anything other than immediate dismissal would undermine the transfer of power and cause unconstitutional \u201cdisruptions\u201d to the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/alvin-bragg\">prosecutors proposed<\/a><\/span> several ways to preserve the historic conviction. Among the suggestions: freezing the case until Trump leaves office in 2029; agreeing that any future sentence won\u2019t include jail time; or closing the case by noting he was convicted but that he wasn\u2019t sentenced and his appeal wasn\u2019t resolved because he took office.<\/p>\n<p>The last idea is drawn from what some states do when a defendant dies after conviction but before sentencing. <\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s lawyers branded the concept \u201cabsurd\u201d and took issue with the other suggestions, too.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was indicted four times last year. The hush money case was the only one to go to trial. <\/p>\n<p>After the election, special counsel Jack Smith <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-capitol-riot-justice-department-jack-smith-d6172cf98d8e03e099571c908267456c\">ended his two federal cases<\/a><\/span>. They pertained to Trump\u2019s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss and allegations that he hoarded classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate. <\/p>\n<p>A separate <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/georgia-election-indictment-trump-chesebro-35e8e515ffea3969eee43748ad146d3c\">state election interference case<\/a><\/span> in Fulton County, Georgia, is largely on hold. <\/p>\n<p>Trump denies wrongdoing in all.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-hush-money-conviction-stormy-daniels-908465ed0b7f2005c72226b5b2546260\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 A judge Monday refused to throw out President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s hush money conviction because of the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s recent ruling on presidential immunity. 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