The president-elect of the United States Donald Trump will be sentenced on January 10 in his case of buying hush money in New York. However, there is no jail sentence. The ruling will happen two weeks after his swearing-in.
The New York judge, Juan Merchannoted that he will not sentence Trump to prison, probation or fine, but will instead give him an “unconditional release.” In his order, consider that the Republican could appear in person or virtually for the hearing.
Trump had tried to use his presidential election victory to have the case dismissed and called the order an “illegitimate political attack” and “a rigged farce“.
The bribery case
Trump was convicted in May 2024 for 34 serious crimes of falsification of commercial records related to a payment of US$130,000 to the adult film star Stormy Daniels.
The charges are related to attempts to cover up refunds to his former lawyer, Michael Cohenwho in the 2016 election campaign bribed the actress in exchange for silence about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump.
This Saturday, the Republican said on his Truth Social platform that the judge’s ruling “goes against our Constitution and, if allowed to stand, would be the end of the Presidency as we know it.”
Judge Merchan’s options included delay sentencing until Trump leaves the White House in 2029or guarantee a sentence that did not involve prison time.
What will happen to the case in the middle of the presidency
While falsifying business records is punishable by up to four years in prison in the United States, There is no minimum penalty and no incarceration is required.
Even before his election victory, legal experts thought it was Trump unlikely to face prison sentence, given his age and legal history.
Mike Johnson was reelected as speaker of the US House of Representatives
In a legislative vote that was released this Friday, Mike Johnson was re-elected as speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States. Donald Trump’s influence was essential to achieve the necessary will inside the Republican Party.
Johnson had assumed the role in October 2023 after the internal Democratic Party. To achieve re-election, he needed to obtain more than half of the 435 possible votes in the precinct. Although the Republicans have 220 representatives, the absence of the Floridian Matt Gaetz He left him without margin before the 215 Democrats, who nominated and voted without fissures for the legislator. Hakeem Jeffries.
Source: Ambito
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