President Donald Trump's sentencing hearing, scheduled for July 11, will likely be delayed for at least weeks after Trump's legal team attempted to argue that the case should be thrown out following the Supreme Court's immunity decision on Monday.
As previously reported by the DC Enquirer, Trump's legal team will argue that the case against the former president was built upon evidence that occurred during his presidency. Following the Supreme Court's ruling in Trump v. United States, a president may not be prosecuted for "official acts," nor can documentary evidence related to his "official acts" be used in criminal proceedings.
In response to the Trump team's request, the Manhattan District Attorney's office said that they do "not oppose" pushing back Trump's sentencing hearing, which was scheduled to take place just four days before the start of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, for at least two weeks so that Justice Juan Merchan has time to consider the impact of the Supreme Court decision on the case.
"Although we believe defendant's arguments to be without merit, we do not oppose his request for leave to file and his putative request to adjourn sentencing pending determination of his motion," the DA's office wrote. The prosecutors requested that Judge Merchan respond to Trump's lawyers' argument by July 24, meaning that Trump's sentencing hearing would take place, at the earliest, on July 25 if the case isn't thrown out.
Trump was found guilty in May of 34 counts of falsifying business records, and he could face up to four years in prison following the conviction. However, it is more likely that Trump would be sentenced to probation or community service.
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