In a post-election development Donald Trumpʼs legal team will probably push to postpone his sentencing in Manhattan; the case stems from business records falsification tied to a adult-film star payment back in 2016
The ex-presidentʼs hearing is set for nov 26th before Justice Juan Merchan – but his recent win creates some interesting legal questions (especially about how courts handle punishment for a president-elect). Most law-watchers dont think jail time was ever likely; however his return to the white-house could make even basic penalties like probation hard to enforce
The case which led to a guilty verdict this past spring centers on how Trumpʼs team handled records related to the pay-off: something that caught voters attention during his first presidential run. The whole situation shows an unusual cross-section of presidential politics and state-level criminal proceedings – creating never-before-seen legal gray-areas that courts must now figure out