Judge Juan Marchand, who is presiding over former President Donald Trump’s business records trial, has postponed the former president’s sentencing until September.
in letter Marchant wrote on Tuesday that Trump’s July 11 trial date has been “voided” and rescheduled for Sept. 18, 2024. This comes after Trump’s lawyers wrote to Marchant asking him to throw out the guilty verdict handed down by a Manhattan jury on May 30 in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity.
“Accordingly, the July 11, 2024 sentencing date is void,” Marchan wrote. “The Court’s judgment will be entered unscheduled on September 6, 2024 and adjourned until September 18, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. if judgment is still required or for other proceedings.”
Trump was originally scheduled to be sentenced on July 11, four days before the Republican National Convention, which will be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 15.
The former president was convicted of 34 counts of first-degree falsifying business records in connection with payments he made to adult entertainment actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign.
NEWS: Judge Marchan has formally cancelled President Trump’s scheduled July 11th sentencing until September 18th “to sentence if still necessary.”https://t.co/Qq6pYuBkNL
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) July 2, 2024
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Monday that presidents have limited immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts they perform while in office, but not for non-official acts.
supreme court held:
Under our constitutional separation of powers structure, the nature of presidential power means that former presidents are entitled to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for acts that fall within the scope of their definitive and exclusive constitutional authority, and to at least presumptive immunity for all official acts. No immunity is available for unofficial acts.
In response to Trump’s lawyers’ request to overturn the conviction following the Supreme Court ruling, prosecutors from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office Revealed They are not opposed to a stay of the sentencing of President Trump.
