Donald Trump: Justice will announce the conviction of the president-elect of the United States for payment to a former adult film actress on January 10

The New York judge presiding over the case for concealing payments to the former adult film actress Stormy Daniels against the elected president of the United States, Donald Trumpset the reading of the sentence for this Friday, January 10, ten days before his inauguration.

Judge Juan Merchan said Trump, the first former US president convicted of a crime, can appear in person or virtually.

In an 18-page decision, Merchan rejected several motions by Trump’s lawyers seeking to have his conviction overturned.

The judge said he is not inclined to impose a prison sentence against the magnate, who will return to the White House on January 20 as the 47th president of the United States.

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“It seems appropriate at this juncture to make known the Court’s inclination not to impose any sentence of imprisonment.”assured the magistrate, pointing out that prosecutors also do not believe that a prison sentence is a “feasible recommendation.”

Previous imputation

Trump was convicted in New York in May on 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a payment to the former porn star. Stormy Daniels on the eve of the 2016 elections and thus prevent him from revealing an alleged sexual encounter between the two in 2006.

Trump’s lawyers had tried to have the case dismissed under several arguments, including a landmark Supreme Court ruling last year that former US presidents enjoy broad immunity from prosecution for official acts carried out during their time in office.

Merchan rejected that argument, but noted that Donald Trump He will enjoy judicial immunity once he is sworn in as president.

“Finding no legal impediment to sentencing and recognizing that presidential immunity will likely apply once the defendant takes office, it is up to this Court to set the imposition of sentence before January 20, 2025.”assured the judge.

Trump also faced two federal cases brought by special counsel Jack Smith, but both were dropped under a long-standing Justice Department policy of not prosecuting a sitting president.

The billionaire was accused of conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election that he lost to Joe Biden and removing large amounts of confidential documents after leaving the White House after his first government (2017-2021). None of these cases went to trial.

Donald Trump He also faces charges in Georgia for his efforts to subvert the results of the 2020 election in that southern state, but the process will likely be frozen while he is in the White House.