07/02/2024

Trump Election Tampering Sentencing Delayed to September

It will now be weeks before the presidential election

Donald Trump's sentencing for his conviction on criminal charges stemming from election tampering and hush money payments was delayed on Tuesday until Sept. 18, less than seven weeks before the U.S. election.

Justice Juan Merchan delayed the sentencing date so he can weigh the former U.S. president's argument he should have been immune from prosecution under Monday's landmark Supreme Court of the United States' (SCOTUS) ruling that presidents cannot be criminally prosecuted for official acts.

The new timeline means Merchan could decide the Republican presidential candidate's punishment, including whether to jail him, in the thick of the campaign season before the Nov. 5 election.

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