Ex-president’s lawyer says September sentencing would be election interference and there’s no ‘basis’ for ‘rushing’Donald Trump is asking the judge in his New York hush-money criminal case to delay his sentencing until after the November presidential election.In a letter made public Thursday, a lawyer for the former US president and current Republican nominee suggested that sentencing Trump as scheduled on 18 September – about seven weeks before election day – would amount to election interference. Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2024-08-15 16:03:25
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Trump requests hush-money sentencing take place after election day
