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Donald Trump News: America’s newly elected President Donald Trump has again suffered a setback. The Supreme Court has refused to show mercy. The Supreme Court said in a 5-4 decision that Donald Trump will be sentenced today i.e. on Friday in the hush money case.read more
Donald Trump will be punished! Supreme Court did not agree
Washington. Donald Trump is using every trick to postpone the punishment before the oath taking ceremony on January 20. Sometimes they go to the High Court and sometimes they knock on the doors of the Supreme Court. Donald Trump is still not getting relief in the hush money case. The Supreme Court has also refused to show mercy to Donald Trump. Yes, the Supreme Court of America rejected the petition of President-elect Donald Trump, in which he had sought to postpone his sentence in the ongoing hush money case in New York.
The Supreme Court said in its 5-4 decision that Donald Trump can be sentenced today. This order of the Supreme Court means that now Judge Juan M Marchen will be able to sentence Trump today i.e. on Friday. Trump was convicted in the hush money case. It is alleged that Trump had tried to give $1.3 lakh to porn star Stormy Daniels as hush money (money in exchange for silence). Trump has denied having any affair with Daniels or doing anything wrong.
Judge Marchen’s gesture of relief
However, Judge Marchen has already said that he will not send Trump to jail nor will he impose any fine on him or put him on probation. But Trump’s lawyers argue that the evidence used in the Manhattan trial violates the Supreme Court’s decision last summer. In that, Trump was given blanket immunity from prosecution for his actions as President.
Why the appeal to postpone punishment?
Trump’s lawyers say that at least the sentence should be postponed until his appeal is heard, so that Trump’s attention is not distracted during the transition to the presidency. On the other hand, the prosecutors said that there is no reason for the court to interfere in this case now. Trump’s lawyers could not explain why the one-hour virtual hearing would cause any significant disruption. If it is postponed, the case will move forward only after the swearing-in of the new President on January 20 and even if sentencing takes place, it may be delayed for several years.
Trump reached every court
In fact, when New York courts refused to postpone the sentence, Trump’s lawyers reached the Supreme Court. On Thursday, the highest court of New York had also refused to postpone the sentence. New York courts have found that the convictions on 34 counts of falsifying business records were not related to Trump’s official duties as president, but to his personal affairs. Daniels says that she had a relationship with Trump in 2006. Trump denies this.
Trump’s lawyer said he was politically motivated
Trump’s lawyers called this case politically motivated. Said that punishing him now would be a ‘great injustice’. This will also hinder the presidential transition, as Republican leaders are preparing to return to the White House. Trump is being represented by D. John Sawyer. Trump has decided to make him Solicitor General. This post represents the government in the High Court.