Grants request from prosecutors and defense to pause deadlines while effect of election as president is considered
A New York judge who heard a lawfare case against President Donald Trump by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has ordered a delay on all proceedings, even though sentencing was scheduled just days away, instead telling prosecutors to file comments with the court for “appropriate steps going forward.”
BREAKING: Justice Merchan has granted a request from prosecutions/defense to pause deadlines — including Trump’s sentencing date — while they consider the effect of his election as president. https://t.co/LaeJlAyTDi pic.twitter.com/SAHVbo3HbG
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) November 12, 2024
The case that was heard by Judge Juan Merchan, whose daughter was making money promoting Democrat talking points while her father was ruling against Trump in a courtroom, stems from business actions that would have been misdemeanors had they been filed before the statute of limitations expired.
But Bragg claimed they still could be prosecuted, and even that they were felonies, because of some other unspecified crime to which they contributed.
The jury, which was astonishingly told by the judge that their decision didn’t have to be unanimous, was from the leftist enclave of Manhattan and returned a guilty verdict to 34 counts.
