GUILTY Trump in the ‘Hush Money’ docket – Supremes ok sentencing

SAN FRANCISCO

Lee Heidhues 8.5.2024

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has refused to delay Donald Trump’s sentencing until after the election.

On September 18, Trump will be sentenced in his NY criminal case.

What do you think his penalty should be? pic.twitter.com/he5dO2UON5

— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) August 5, 2024

The Guardian 8.5.2024

Supreme court won’t stop Trump sentencing going ahead

The US supreme court has declined to halt Donald Trump’s upcoming sentencing for his conviction in state court in New York on felony charges involving hush money paid to an adult film star, Stormy Daniels, and a related gag order until after the 5 November election.

The decision by the justices came in response to a lawsuit by the state of Missouri claiming that the case against Trump infringed on the right of voters under the US constitution to hear from the Republican presidential nominee as he seeks to regain the White House, Reuters reports.

Trump is set to be sentenced on 18 September in Manhattan. He was found guilty in May of all 34 counts of falsifying business records in a criminal hush-money scheme to influence the outcome of the 2016 election.

He is the Republican party nominee for president in the election in November, facing Kamala Harris for the Democrats.