Summary
New York judge Juan Merchan denied Donald Trump’s request to delay his sentencing on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, set for January 10, 2025, just 10 days before his inauguration.
Trump argued for a delay based on pending immunity appeals, but the court rejected the claim, citing repetitive arguments and delays caused by Trump himself.
Prosecutors noted the timing avoids potential legal complications during his presidency.
The judge plans to sentence Trump to an unconditional discharge, leaving him a convicted felon without further punishment.
The case involves hush money payments from 2016.
I wish I could commit felonies with impunity too.
Although, come to think of it, I don’t really want to commit felonies, because I’m not a criminal.
I admit I do get away with committing a lot of felonies.
Well, one specific felony a lot of times.
Glad I was able to go to a state where that felony is legal to purchase before the big snowstorm hit.
How big was that dildo?
yuuuggge
I wouldn’t mind robbing a bank., I’ll just keep a 10% finders fee and return the rest to the people it was stolen from.
(Okay, it really depends on the bank you rob and how you rob it. looting nazis acounts from UBS? Oh yeah, there’s oodles there.)
Why UBS? You could gain a lot more by looting the most celebrated Nazis in the country, Elon and Jeff
Because I’m referring to actual, leftover accounts from ww2, of actual, uh, nazis.
Not that Elon isnt a fascist.
Edit For example
Dude, so much awesome shit is illegal. How can you NOT want to commit a felony?
I’d do financial crimes targeting the ultrawealthy and redistribute the wealth. I’d hack banks and clear everyone’s medical debt. Hell, I’d cook a huge vat of LSD.
All drugs should be legal and regulated.
Yes.
Have you tried? Maybe you’re immune to and you just don’t know.
You’re all missing the main point here: If you live a clean life, stay true to your faith, commit 34 felonies and be a sexual predator, you too could grow up to be the next president of the USA!!
…twice!
…so far!
Guess which of these sentences aren’t in the article.
“The current schedule is entirely a function of defendant’s repeated requests to adjourn”
“Merchan said in his ruling Friday that he did not plan to jail Trump and that he was likely to sentence him to an unconditional discharge, meaning he would remain a convicted felon but would have no other punishment”
“We are not to blame for flushing democracy down a shit riddled toilet”
How the fuck can we ever take our courts seriously again?
I still don’t understand how a convicted felon loses the right to vote for president but can still be eligible to run for that office.
Simple: the Founding Fathers never envisaged that a convicted felon would ever have the balls to run for president, much less that anybody would be stupid enough to vote for one, because it’s fucking insane.
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
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Turns out all you need is racism, stupidity, and a massive propaganda machine. I’d like to thank the 150 million idiots who made this possible. I’ll be thinking of you all when the 2nd Great Depression pops off with some sprinkles of pandemic 2.0 on top.
You wouldn’t really want being a felon to prevent someone from running for president, because if they couldn’t there’d be a significant incentive to weaponize the DOJ against political rivals.
Sir, this is Lemmy.world. We only do emotional outbursts against republicans and capitalism here. Not rational thought! Please take that somewhere else. /s
Because if felons were unable to be elected the Republicans would try to pre-emptively jail their opponent in every single election. It’s one of few checks against corruption that I believe is still working properly.
“Sentencing”
Right.
Lock him up before he takes office
They’ve already said there will be no punishment, so why does this even matte? It’s almost like the news wants us to be angry.
I wonder why that is….
Are you not angry?
Clown country
Why does Trump even give a shit at this point?
He always wants to come out on top even if it doesn’t matter. He can’t help it: It’s pathological in people who seek power.
In other words, you don’t have to be an ax-wielding murderer to possess some of the classic psychopathic traits: lack of remorse and empathy, a sense of grandiosity, superficial charm, conning and manipulative behavior and refusal to take responsibility for one’s actions.
Trump fits the description of a psychopath pretty well.
Agreed. Also, He knows there aren’t any consequences so it reinforces his belief that this is a sham. This action also shows consistency on his defense’s part.
Doesn’t a felony conviction make related civil suits against you much easier? I can think of a lot of people who would love to take a chunk out of his fortune.
That no longer matters, because the President is immune to civil suits. Since they seem so reluctant to throw him in jail, I’d be shocked if he even bothers to show up to the hearing.
Yeah, the American people fucked up big time if they thought that there were any remaining guardrails keeping Trump accountable. We just made him a king, and if you disagree he could publicly order you to be murdered and suffer zero consequences because the courts and congress are incapable of holding him accountable.
The President is only immune from civil suits for actions taken while he was president. These felonies precede his term and are actionable.
You are right about him being functionally a king once he is back in office though.
Why bother? The sentence is going to be “Now, now, you shouldn’t have done that!”
The judge plans to sentence Trump to an unconditional discharge, leaving him a convicted felon without further punishment.
Justice is dead.
