{"id":2337914,"date":"2024-09-06T13:30:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T17:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-judge-pushes-trump-sentencing-to-after-2024-election-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-06T13:31:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T17:31:25","slug":"new-york-judge-pushes-trump-sentencing-to-after-2024-election-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-judge-pushes-trump-sentencing-to-after-2024-election-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Judge pushes Trump sentencing to after 2024 election &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-york-judge-pushes-trump-sentencing-to-after-2024-election-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2337914&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A New York \u2063judge has \u200bpostponed former President Donald \u200bTrump&#8217;s\u2062 sentencing in his hush money case to November 26, \u200dfollowing requests from Trump&#8217;s\u200b legal team to delay the proceedings so as not to interfere with his presidential campaign leading up to the November 5 election. The Manhattan District Attorney&#8217;s \u2064office did not oppose this request, but they \u200bhave rejected another of Trump&#8217;s maneuvers to\u200d transfer the case\u200d from state\u2062 to federal \u200dcourt. Trump is appealing a previous federal judge&#8217;s decision that denied \u200bthis transfer. The case stems from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-too-painful-trump-reveals-the-condition-on-which-he-will-quit-politics\/\" title=\"Trump will quit politics if it becomes too painful.\">hush money payments\u200d made<\/a> to adult film star Stormy \u200cDaniels during \u2064the 2016 election, with Trump \u2063accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-view-host-calls-for-rnc-to-end-pledge-to-support-2024-nominee-to-be-on-debate-stage\/\" title=\"The View host urges RNC to drop pledge supporting 2024 nominee for debate stage.\">falsifying\u2063 business records<\/a>. He has denied any \u200cwrongdoing and\u2062 labels the case a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/n-y-rep-reed-considering-gubernatorial-run-to-challenge-gov-cuomo\/\" title=\"N.Y. Rep. Reed considering gubernatorial run to challenge Gov. Cuomo\">political witch hunt<\/a>.&#8221; The \u200bjudge is also set to decide soon on whether \u200bthe Supreme Court\u2019s ruling regarding presidential immunity should\u200c affect the jury&#8217;s verdict against Trump. Additionally, Trump&#8217;s allies\u2064 are reportedly seeking to investigate potential conflicts of interest involving the judge presiding over the case.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">New York Judge pushes Trump sentencing to after 2024 election<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1748505\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"New York\">New York<\/a> judge on Friday agreed to delay the sentencing of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> in his hush money case, pushing it back to Nov. 26.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The decision follows a multipronged effort by Trump&rsquo;s legal team to postpone his Sept. 18 sentencing, arguing that proceeding before then could unfairly affect his campaign ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg&rsquo;s office did not object to Trump&rsquo;s request last month to delay the sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>However, prosecutors had pushed back against one of Trump&rsquo;s separate last-ditch efforts to delay the sentencing through an alternative workaround: asking federal courts to remove his case from state court. Trump&rsquo;s attorneys argued the Supreme Court&rsquo;s presidential immunity decision should require his case to be transferred to a federal judge.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors argued in a letter to Merchan this week that there is now &ldquo;no basis&rdquo; for Trump&rsquo;s bid to freeze the case in New York state court in lieu of his effort to move to federal court, which was turned down earlier this week by U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is still seeking a reversal of Hellerstein&rsquo;s rejection of that effort, and an appeal has been docketed at the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.<\/p>\n<p>But the overall delay ordered by Merchan on Friday resolves the core issue Trump was attempting to address as the 2024 election grows closer.<\/p>\n<p>In May, the former president was convicted for charges related to hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign, with prosecutors accusing him of falsifying business records to cover up the payments. Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, calling the case a &ldquo;political witch hunt.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Merchan is also slated to decide on Sept. 16 whether the Supreme Court immunity decision should prompt him to toss the jury&rsquo;s guilty verdict.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who appeared voluntarily in New York court on Friday as he appealed a separate civil ruling against him involving E. Jean Carroll&rsquo;s first defamation case, continues to assert his innocence and has vowed to fight the charges as he prepares for a debate faceoff with Vice President Kamala Harris on Sept. 10.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump allies brewing their own fights over hush money case<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, allies of Trump are making efforts to uncover any malfeasance by Merchan in his handling of the hush money case after Trump made three failed attempts to recuse him from the case over claims of a conflict of interest.<\/p>\n<p>America First Legal, a group headed by former Trump adviser Stephen Miller, <a href=\"https:\/\/media.aflegal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/05095814\/NOT_ASSIGNED_America_First_Legal_Fo_v_America_First_Legal_Fo_PETITION_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>sued<\/a> Merchan on Thursday for refusing to turn over his financial disclosures amid questions over his daughter Loren Merchan&rsquo;s work at a Democratic firm.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is especially important given the fact that Merchan appears to have engaged in unlawful campaign contributions and is on the precipice of criminally sentencing the former president of the United States,&rdquo; AFL attorney Dan Epstein said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/aflegal.org\/america-first-legal-sues-new-york-state-ethics-commission-and-judge-merchan-for-illegally-concealing-judge-merchans-financial-disclosures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>statement<\/a>. &ldquo;Fundamental fairness dictates a resolution of America First Legal&rsquo;s suit in its favor.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 28, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) subpoenaed Loren Merchan&rsquo;s firm, Authentic Campaigns, after it failed to comply with requests for records related to the committee&rsquo;s investigation over whether the judge is compromised due to the firm&rsquo;s past work for Trump&rsquo;s opponents, including Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Authentic Campaigns CEO Michael Nellis pushed back on those allegations after Jordan&rsquo;s subpoena, saying the claims by Trump and other allies were &ldquo;completely false and purely politically motivated.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1748505\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1748505\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New York judge has postponed the sentencing of former President Donald Trump in his hush money case to November 26. This decision comes after Trump&#8217;s legal team made several attempts to delay the original sentencing date of September 18, claiming that proceeding before the election on November 5 could negatively impact his campaign. The Manhattan District Attorney&#8217;s office did not oppose Trump&#8217;s request for a delay last month. However, prosecutors resisted one of Trump&#8217;s last-minute efforts to move his case from state court to federal court, arguing that there was no valid reason for such a transfer after U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein rejected it earlier this week. Trump is currently appealing Hellerstein&#8217;s decision while also seeking a reversal of the jury&#8217;s guilty verdict based on a Supreme Court ruling regarding presidential immunity. In May, Trump was convicted for making hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 campaign and was accused of falsifying business records related to those payments\u2014a charge he denies, labeling it as a &#8220;political witch hunt.&#8221; Additionally, Judge Merchan is expected to rule on September 16 whether the Supreme Court\u2019s immunity ruling should lead him to overturn the jury\u2019s verdict against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Trump&#8217;s allies are investigating potential misconduct by Judge Merchan in handling this case after three unsuccessful attempts by Trump to have him recused due to alleged conflicts of interest. America First Legal, led by former Trump advisor Stephen Miller, filed a lawsuit against Merchan for not disclosing financial information amid concerns about his daughter Loren Merchan\u2019s employment at a Democratic firm. AFL attorney Dan Epstein emphasized that fairness necessitates resolving their suit favorably given its implications for sentencing an ex-president. On August 28, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan subpoenaed Loren Merchan\u2019s firm following its noncompliance with requests related to an investigation into whether Judge Merchan is biased due to past work with opponents of Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris; however, Authentic Campaigns&#8217; CEO refuted these claims as politically motivated and false<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2337915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/TRUMP-MERCHAN.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3728,32120,12447,3634],"class_list":["post-2337914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-election","tag-new-york","tag-sentencing","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/TRUMP-MERCHAN.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2337914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2337915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2337914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2337914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}