{"id":2387133,"date":"2025-01-06T18:59:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T23:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-denies-trump-bid-to-delay-hush-money-case-sentencing-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-06T18:59:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T23:59:42","slug":"judge-denies-trump-bid-to-delay-hush-money-case-sentencing-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-denies-trump-bid-to-delay-hush-money-case-sentencing-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge denies Trump bid to delay hush money case sentencing &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fjudge-denies-trump-bid-to-delay-hush-money-case-sentencing-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=2387133&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>The passage contains a button labeled &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; 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The judge already offered Trump the option to appear virtually and has said he is likely to give a sentence of &ldquo;unconditional discharge,&rdquo; meaning the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing Trump Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">president-elect<\/a> would receive no fines, probation, or jail time.<\/p>\n<p>Merchan said Trump&rsquo;s attorneys&rsquo; request for a sentencing delay lacked accuracy and included redundant arguments that the judge has rejected in the past.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This Court finds that the authorities relied upon in the instant motion by the Defendant are for the most part, factually distinguishable from the actual record or legally inapplicable,&rdquo; Merchan wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Trump could still file an eleventh-hour appeal to Merchan&rsquo;s decision to again attempt to delay the sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>The president-elect was convicted by a jury in May of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, a charge that normally carries up to four years of prison time in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s defense team, led by his deputy attorney general nominee Todd Blanche, argued Sunday that Trump planned to file an appeal in the case related to presidential immunity that should be fully resolved before sentencing takes place.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Proceeding with sentencing before the appeals process is completed could serve to undermine the duties of a president, Trump&rsquo;s attorneys warned, saying that they expected an appellate court to ultimately toss out the case.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That is because &lsquo;the interests that underlie Presidential immunity seek to protect not the President himself, but the institution of the Presidency,&#8217;&rdquo; 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