Ellie Honig, CNN’s senior legal analyst, says that future attempts by President-elect Donald Trump to overturn Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against him in connection with the case against him are likely to be precluded by prosecutors. He said there would likely be legal exchanges between the defendant and the defense.
Judge Juan Melchán, who is presiding over the criminal case, ruled Friday that President Trump must appear for sentencing in person or online on Jan. 10, 10 days before Inauguration Day. Honig said the judge believed the president-elect would likely receive unconditional release without jail time or probation.
“In a ruling issued Friday night, the judge made it possible that he intended to sentence Donald Trump to so-called unconditional release, meaning no jail time, no probation, no fines, and no community service. And b), in keeping with President Trump’s position as president-elect, he is willing to conduct the proceedings via Zoom, which is highly unusual,” Honig said. “That’s all that’s at issue in this verdict, which will be handed down on Friday, but as you know, it will make this conviction official. A piece of paper called a guilty verdict will be issued at sentencing, and it will make Donald Trump’s status as a convicted felon will be formally recognized.
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President Trump notified the court on Monday that he intends to vacate future sentencing and appeal Marchand’s refusal to dismiss his lawsuit over presidential immunity and his 2024 election victory. His lawyers argue that the judge should postpone all sentencing hearings and all deadlines related to the case until the president-elect’s immunity appeal is “fully and finally resolved.” . (Related article: ‘Rather aggressively aggressive’: Jonathan Turley questions timing of sentencing ahead of Trump’s inauguration)
“Today, if Judge Marchan says in response to Donald Trump’s new request, ‘Sorry, we deny it. We’re going to proceed with this sentencing on Friday,’ Donald Trump’s team will be at the next level.” Please look forward to it being raised to the next level,” Honig continued. “They’re going to go to the Court of Appeals and say, ‘Okay, Court of Appeals, you have to suspend everything you do with Judge Machan. Again, I have everything on hold, everything on hold. In the meantime, I’m going to appeal the immunity decision.”So we’re going to see an ebb and flow between Donald Trump and the president. [Bragg] And I think Judge Marchand, and probably the New York Court of Appeals, will start in a few hours from now and continue through Friday’s decision. ”
Marchan suggested that an unconditional discharge from the military was the most appropriate sentence, given that Trump is scheduled to be sworn in as president within the next two weeks. He ruled in December that the suit could not be dismissed based on presidential immunity, but the Supreme Court ruled in July that presidents are not entitled to such immunity for official acts committed while in office. He said there is.
In May, a Manhattan jury found that Stormy Daniels falsified business records to conceal a $130,000 hush-money payment to former porn actress Stormy Daniels over her claims that they had an affair in 2006. , convicted Trump on 34 charges. Trump has repeatedly denied the affair allegations.
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