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Merchan’s 'own opinion' could mean Trump’s sentencing is 'no sure thing': 'legal expert
After Donald Trump's legal team asked Judge Juan Merchan to delay the president-elect' sentencing in his New York hush money case on Monday, the presiding judge swiftly shut down the MAGA team's request.
Merchan Rejects Trump's Bid to Delay Manhattan Sentencing
Manhattan Acting Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan denied a defense request to stay sentencing pending appeal. The defense team is now asking a mid-level appeals court to find the judge does not have the jurisdiction to issue rulings on presidential immunity matters.
Judge rejects Donald Trump’s latest demand to delay hush money sentencing
Last week, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan declined Trump’s bid to have the entire case tossed and set a date to sentence him for 34 felony counts of falsifying business records: Jan. 10, just 10 days before Trump's inauguration. But Trump now says he is appealing Merchan’s decision, which he claims should put his sentencing on ice.
Trump seeks to block Jan. 10 sentencing in hush money case
Judge Juan Merchan set the president-elect’s latest criminal sentencing date while rejecting Trump’s attempt to dismiss the case.
Judge denies Trump's bid to halt Friday's hush money case sentencing while they appeal to block it
Trump, on course to be the first president to take office convicted of crimes, can still ask the appeals court to delay sentencing.
Judge rejects Trump's request for a fourth delay of his hush-money sentencing
New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan said most of Trump's arguments were a repetition of those he's made "numerous times in the past."
Donald Trump Handed Legal Loss Ahead of Sentencing
Judge Juan Merchan ordered Friday's sentencing to proceed as scheduled despite Trump's efforts to postpone it.
Trump loses bid to delay sentencing in hush money case as he appeals
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Monday lost a bid to put off his sentencing on Friday for his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn star.
Trump asks court to postpone sentencing ahead of inauguration
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 "a dismissal of this politically motivated prosecution that was flawed from the very beginning".
Trump to Ask Appeals Court to Halt New York Sentencing
Donald Trump asked a New York judge to delay his hush money sentencing set for Jan. 10 so the president-elect can challenge his guilty verdict in the case ahead of his inauguration.
Trump files motion to stay 'unlawful sentencing' in New York case
President-elect Trump's legal team filed a motion to stay the Jan. 10 sentencing in the New York v. Trump case that found him guilty last year.
Trump sues Judge Merchan to stop hush money sentencing as he tosses last-ditch request to delay
The former president has separately sued the judge in a state appeals court, claiming that the judge overstepped his ...
‘Factually distinguishable from the actual record’: Judge rejects Trump bid to delay hush-money sentencing
The judge presiding over Donald Trump's criminal hush-money case has denied a motion from the president-elect to postpone ...
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Judge Merchan Denies Trump’s Request To Postpone Sentencing Hearing
Judge Juan Merchan on Monday denied President-elect Donald Trump’s request to postpone his sentencing, scheduled for Friday, ...
Trump’s sentencing still on for Friday after a judge rebuffs his push for a delay amid appeal
President-elect Donald Trump remains on track to be sentenced this week in his hush money case after a judge on Monday denied ...
Why the road to Trump’s sentencing could be a wild ride
That Judge Juan Merchan has scheduled a Jan. 10 sentencing — and with no expected punishment — doesn’t mean this story is ...
Donald Trump Blasts 'Corrupt' Judge Merchan Days Before Sentencing
Trump was found guilty in May of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records over allegations that he instructed his then-lawyer, Michael Cohen, to pay adult film star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to ...
Claim that Trump 'faces up to 4 years in prison' is missing key context | Fact check
While Trump's conviction carries a maximum of four years in prison, all parties involved in his sentencing agree he will be ...
Opinion: The election shredded the rule of law
Judge Juan M. Merchan has few alternatives but to hand President-elect Donald Trump a get-out-of-jail-free card.