Tag: sentencing
Trump avoids prison or fine in hush-money case sentencing
A judge has sentenced US President-elect Donald Trump to an “unconditional discharge,” bringing to an end the first criminal trial of a former US president. The sentence in the hush-money payment case means the incoming president has been spared any penalty, including jail time or a fine, but he will still take office as the…
Wildfire victims report looting. And, Trump set for sentencing in hush money case
By Brittney Melton here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Firefighters were able to slow the spread of wildfires in Los Angeles yesterday after the Santa Ana winds eased, allowing crews to drop water from above. Red flag warnings,…
Trump set for sentencing in his New York felony conviction
Ximena Bustillo After months of legal twists and turns, Donald Trump’s most active criminal case is finally reaching a conclusion. The former and future president is scheduled to appear in a Manhattan courtroom on Friday for his sentencing on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal a payment to an adult film star.…
Trump loses Supreme Court appeal to block hush-money sentencing
Ximena Bustillo A divided U.S. Supreme Court rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s request to stop his sentencing in the New York hush-money case, scheduled for Friday. The court, in a rationale for its order Thursday, said Trump could address his issues with the verdict through appeals, and that “the burden that sentencing will impose on the…
Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to halt hush-money case sentencing
The US Supreme Court has rejected Trump’s last-minute bid to halt his Friday sentencing in his hush-money criminal case. The president-elect had urged the top court to consider whether he was entitled to an automatic stay of his sentencing, but the justices rejected the application by 5-4. Trump was found guilty of falsifying records to…
Trump asks court to postpone sentencing ahead of inauguration
President-elect Donald Trump has asked a New York judge to halt the sentencing in his felony hush money case, which is scheduled for 10 January. His lawyers announced on Monday that Trump would appeal the decision by Justice Juan Merchan ordering that the sentencing would proceed. In court filings, Trump’s attorneys wrote they would seek…
Judge sets date for Trump hush-money sentencing but rules out prison term
President-elect will be sentenced for his 34 felony convictions on 10 January, Judge Juan Merchan rules A judge on Friday set Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush-money case for 10 January – little over a week before he is due to return to the White House – but promised not to jail him. Judge Juan…