Washington: A new problem seems to have arisen for Donald Trump. In the hush money case, the judge has rejected Donald Trump’s demand to quash the sentence in the hush money case.
The judge has said in the decision that the records were falsified to hide the scandal and hence Donald Trump’s sentence should remain intact. He rejected Trump’s argument that if a recent decision of the Supreme Court is taken as the basis, then the decision given in his case gets cancelled. The judge rejected the argument that it would be difficult to work as a president…Trump’s argument was made that keeping this case hanging over him during his presidency would create problems in his work as a president. He was scheduled to be sentenced on November 26, but Justice Juan Marchan postponed the decision indefinitely after Trump defeated Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in a tight election race on November 5. In a 41-page decision, Justice Juan Merchan said that ‘Trump’s past actions of falsifying business records do not interfere with his current rights and activities.’ What steps will Trump take… Nothing was said on this from Trump’s lawyers. Apart from the New York hush money case, Donald Trump faces serious allegations like classified document case and election interference case. After the election results, he was exempted from punishment in these cases. It was believed that these results being in his favor would bring him relief. Karen Friedman Agnifilo, former head of the Manhattan District Attorney’s trial division, had also said that if Trump won, he would say goodbye to all criminal cases. Friedman had said that the President’s victory would serve as a ‘get out of jail free card’ for him. What is this whole hush money case? This case is related to the payment of $ 130,000 given by Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. This payment was made before the 2016 elections. The move was to keep her quiet about an affair she had with Trump a decade ago, which she has denied. A Manhattan jury found Trump guilty in May this year on 34 counts of falsifying business records to hide payments. This was the first time that an American president – former or current – was convicted or charged with a criminal offense. (Input from agencies) Tags: Donald TrumpFIRST PUBLISHED : December 17, 2024, 07:51 IST