Former President Trump is seeking to delay his sentencing in his hush money criminal case until after the 2024 presidential election. His lawyers argue the current September 18th sentencing date advances "prosecutors' election interference objectives." Trump was originally scheduled to be sentenced on July 11th but Judge Juan Merchan delayed it to September 16th to rule on Trump's immunity claim, with sentencing two days later. Trump's lawyers question if sentencing should occur after early voting starts, arguing the timing harms the integrity of proceedings. Trump was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a $130,000 hush payment to Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election.
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00It's Benzinga, and here's what's on the block.
00:03Former President Trump is seeking to delay his sentencing in his hush money criminal
00:06case until after the 2024 presidential election.
00:10His lawyers argue the current September 18th sentencing date advances prosecutors' election
00:14interference objectives.
00:16Trump was originally scheduled to be sentenced on July 11th, but Judge Wadmer Chan delayed
00:20it to September 16th to rule on Trump's immunity claim with sentencing two days later.
00:25Trump's lawyers question if sentencing should occur after early voting starts, arguing the
00:29timing harms the integrity of proceedings.
00:32Trump was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to an $130,000 hush
00:37money payment to Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election.
00:40For all things money, visit Benzinga.com.