President-elect Donald Trump has filed a motion to stay the Jan. 10 sentencing in New York v. Trump, Fox Digital has learned.
“Today, President Trump’s legal team took steps to stop illegal convictions in the Manhattan DA’s witch hunt. The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on immunity, the constitution of New York State and other established legal precedents demand that this baseless hoax be immediately dismissed.” Trump spokesperson and new White House communications director Steven Cheung told Fox Digital Monday morning.
NEW YORK JUDGE SET TRUMP SENTENCE DAYS BEFORE INAUGURATION
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends a meeting with the French president at the Elysee Palace in Paris, December 7, 2024. Trump is making his first international trip since his election victory, preparing for a day of intense diplomacy before attending at the reopening ceremony. for the Notre Dame Cathedral restored after the 2019 fire. (Photo by Sarah Meyssonnier / POOL / AFP) (Photo by SARAH MEYSSONNIER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) (Sarah Meyssonnier)
“The American people elected President Trump with an overwhelming mandate that demands an immediate end to the political militarization of our justice system and all remaining witch hunts. We look forward to uniting our country in the new administration as the President Trump will make America great again,” Cheung continued.
New York Judge Juan Merchan set Trump’s sentencing date in the case for earlier this month, before his inauguration as president on January 20. Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday, January 10 at 9:30 a.m.
Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsification business records in the Manhattan case in May. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office worked to prove that Trump falsified business records to conceal a $130,000 payment to former porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election in order to make hushing up her allegations of an alleged affair with Trump in 2006.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 30: Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears in court for his secret trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York. Judge Juan Merchan has instructed the jury and deliberations enter their second day. The former president faces 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial. (Steven Hirsch-Pool/Getty Images)
Trump has maintained his innocence in the case and repeatedly criticized it as an example of legislation promoted by Democrats in an effort to harm his election efforts ahead of November.
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“Almost all legal scholars and experts say THERE ARE NO (ZERO!) CASE AGAINST ME. The judge fabricated the facts and the law, the same way as other New York court and judicial witch hunts This is why businesses are fleeing New York, taking with them millions of jobs and BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TAXES. The legal system is broken and businesses can’t take it. risks getting dragged into this VERY rigged quicksand, in this affair against a political opponent, ME!!!” Trump posted to Truth Social Sunday evening about the affair.
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