Breakthrough on the case Stormy Daniels, after the Supreme Court had rejected the tycoon’s request to suspend the reading of the sentence. The President-elect of the United States, Donald Trumpwas convicted for allegedly paying the former porn star $130,000 to hide their relationship. The sentence, however, does not provide Trump with jail time but rather “unconditional release” ten days after his inauguration.
Found guilty on all 34 countsthe president-elect, according to the judges, falsified company records on the payment of his then lawyer, Michael Cohen, to cover the payment made to the porn star. However, he will not have to serve any sentence. The peculiarity of this sentence lies in the application of unconditional release, an uncommon solution in the judicial landscape of the State of New York, especially in cases of high political and media profile such as that of Trump. In the case of “conditional release”, however, the president would have had to pay compensation or keep some commitment. But that won’t be the case. The “solution” adopted by the judge allows the procedural matter to be closed, avoiding the risk of finding a President on probation or under arrest, as he risked (up to 4 years in prison) before his re-election. “The protections afforded to the office of the president are not a mitigating factor. They do not reduce the severity of the crime or in any way justify its commission,” he explained Judge Merchan. “The protections are, however, a legal mandate that, under the rule of law, this court must respect and follow. However, despite the extraordinary breadth of these protections, one power they do not provide is to overturn a jury verdict.” Translated: the conviction remains, the punishment does not because “it was the citizens who decided that you should enjoy protections such as the supremacy clause and presidential immunity”.
The former President, for his part, did not take long to react to the judge’s decision. Through a series of statements to the media, Trump reiterated his innocence and denounced the trial as part of a “witch hunt” orchestrated by his political detractors. He pointed the finger at the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Braggaccusing him of being in cahoots with the opposition and of having acted with political motivations rather than on the basis of concrete evidence. “After spending tens of millions of dollars, wasting over 6 years of obsessive work that should have been spent to protect the citizens of New York from the violent and rampant crime that is destroying the city and the state – Trump wrote on social media – coordinating with the Biden/Harris Department of Injustice in a lawless weaponizing effort and making completely baseless, illegal and false accusations against your 45th and 47th Presidents, I have been given an exoneration unconditional. This result alone proves that, as all scholars and legal experts had said, there is no case and never has been a case, and that the entire scam deserves to be quashed.”
In any case, the new president will appeal. “I appreciate the Supreme Court’s time and effort in trying to remedy the great injustice done to me: for the good and sanctity of the presidency – he said – I will appeal this case and I am confident that justice will prevail.” The accusation, second The Donald“he had no crime, no harm, no evidence, no facts, no law, but only a highly conflicted judge, a key witness who has been disbarred, disgraced, serial perjury, and criminal election interference”: “L “Today’s event was a despicable farce, and now that it is over, we will appeal this hoax, which has no merit, and restore Americans’ faith in our once great justice system.”
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