New York Judge Juan Marchan has denied President-elect Donald Trump's request for a postponement of sentencing in New York v. Trump.
“Defendant's motion to stay these proceedings, including the sentencing hearing scheduled for January 10, 2025, is hereby denied,” Marchand wrote in Monday's ruling.
Earlier Monday, Trump's lawyers filed a motion to delay sentencing in the case. President Trump's sentence is scheduled to be handed down at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, January 10, 10 days before he is inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States on January 20.
“Today, President Trump's legal team moved to block Manhattan prosecutors' wrongful conviction in a witch hunt. The Supreme Court's historic ruling on immunity; new york state constitutionand other well-established case law, mandate that this worthless misinformation be immediately dismissed,” President Trump's press secretary and incoming White House communications director Stephen Chan told FOX Digital on Monday morning. .
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Republican presidential candidate and former US President Donald Trump's criminal trial continues on charges that he falsified business records to hide money he paid to hush porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016. Inside, sitting in the courtroom. April at Manhattan State Court in New York City. 22nd, 2024. (Reuters/Brendan McDiarmid/Pool)
“The American people elected President Trump with overwhelming authority to demand an immediate end to the political weaponization of our justice system and all remaining witch hunts. We look forward to uniting our country with a new administration,” Chong continued.
Marchand has already said he would not sentence the president-elect to prison, but instead would sentence him to “unconditional release” with no punishment.
found playing cards Guilty of 34 counts of forgery Business records from the Manhattan incident in May. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office says President Trump paid $130,000 to former porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election to silence her claims about an alleged affair with him in 2006. He sought to prove that he had falsified business records to conceal the dollar payments.
President Trump has maintained his innocence in the case and has repeatedly denounced it as an example of legal maneuvers pushed by Democrats to harm his upcoming November election campaign.
“In effect, legal scholars and commentators say there is no case against me (zero!). The judge is fabricating the facts and the law and is no different from any other judge.” New York Judiciary and Prosecutor's Witch Hunt. That's why companies are fleeing New York, taking millions of jobs and billions of dollars in taxes with them. The legal system is broken and businesses cannot take a chance of getting caught in this quicksand. This is all fraud, this incident is against my political enemy, me!!!,” President Trump posted on Truth Social on Sunday night after the incident.
Fox News Digital's Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
