President-elect Donald Trump unloaded on Judge Juan Merchan, who donated to President Joe Biden, Friday evening for denying his request to dismiss the highly controversial hush money case in which he was convicted last year in Manhattan.
Merchan ordered Trump to appear for sentencing “in person or virtually” on January 10, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. — just 10 days before he is sworn in as president — but indicated that he would not be incarcerated.
“While this Court as a matter of law must not make any determination on sentencing prior to giving the parties and Defendants opportunity to be heard, it seems proper at this juncture to make known the Court’s inclination to not impose any sentence of incarceration, a sentence authorized by the conviction but one the People concede they no longer view as a practicable recommendation,” Merchan wrote in his ruling.
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