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Judge rules Trump's conviction withstands Supreme Court immunity decision

A New York judge has upheld a jury's verdict charging President-elect Trump with a felony, ruling that his hush money conviction can withstand the Supreme Court's new test of presidential immunity. Judge Juan Melchan The decision will be made quickly When Trump won the presidential election over Vice President Harris and voters chose to push […]

Judge spurns Donald Trump effort to scrap hush money conviction based on immunity

President-elect Donald Trump's bid to overturn his conviction in the Manhattan hush money case based on the U.S. Supreme Court's immunity ruling was rejected by a judge on Monday. In a 41-page decision, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Melchan concluded that the 34 convictions are currently upheld and warrant immunity. “The public's use of these […]

Alvin Bragg’s office suggests unusual idea to uphold Trump’s hush money conviction

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Tuesday proposed a “novel” idea to preserve Donald Trump's “hush money” conviction, based on a legal tool used in cases of death. Prosecutors have indicated that Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Marchan may write in the court record that Trump's guilty verdict still stands, but that he could vacate […]

Fetterman says Trump should be pardoned of New York conviction

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) appeared on “The View” on Thursday, shortly after President Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden, and said President-elect Trump deserves a pardon. “I don't think there's any denying that the case against Hunter Biden is truly politically motivated, but I think the trial against Trump in New York is just as […]

Jose Ibarra asks for new trial after Laken Riley murder conviction

Torren de Aragua, the gangster who brutally murdered Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, asked a judge for a new trial after he was sentenced last month to life in prison for a crime that shocked the nation. Lawyers for undocumented Venezuelan immigrant Jose Ibarra filed a two-page court document Tuesday asking Judge H. Patrick Haggard […]