The United States Supreme Court has narrowly rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s request to block the reading of his verdict.
The United States Supreme Court has narrowly rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s request to block the reading of his ruling in the criminal case in New York over irregular payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels. planned for today.
The Republican’s lawyers had filed an emergency petition “in extremis” on Wednesday with the highest US court to suspend his legal proceedings, arguing, as on other occasions, that his client enjoys presidential immunity.
With this ruling, the Supreme Court justices (5 votes in favor and 4 against) agreed with the Court of Appeals of New York, the highest court in that state, which on Thursday also rejected a request from the president-elect to block the verdict. has rejected. .
The Supreme Court notes in its ruling that Trump can make his arguments in an appeals process and that the “burden” of appearing at today’s hearing is “relatively insubstantial” since Judge Juan Merchan, who already has a prison sentence excluded sense, it also allows him to appear virtually.
The Supreme Court’s refusal completely exhausts the options of Trump’s defense to halt the sentencing, which is scheduled today at 9:30 a.m. local time and for which the politician will appear virtually, according to documents presented today by the Public Prosecution Service.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, the prosecutor in the case, has sent a document expressing its opposition to the trial’s suspension, citing precisely the reasons the Supreme Court ultimately provided.
In May 2024, a jury found Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records to buy Stormy Daniels’ silence before the November 2016 election, which he won, and to prevent an alleged crime from being exposed during the campaign.
Trump’s lawyers have tried by all means to have the case dismissed, which Trump has called a “witch hunt” and in which he has accused the judge and the Public Prosecution Service of political persecution against him and even of electoral interference.
Although Judge Merchan indicated he will not impose a prison sentence, the verdict will also make history as it will mark the first time a president convicted of a serious crime has assumed the nation’s highest office.
Source: EITB
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