Trump Ordered To Appear For Sentencing In Hush Money Trial
Huff PostLOADING ERROR LOADING The New York judge overseeing President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money trial has ordered him to appear for his long-delayed sentencing hearing on Jan. 10, more than seven months after he was convicted on all 34 felony counts against him. In his 18-page order, Merchan indicated that he was trying to balance the interests of justice with the Trump team’s claim that any threat of jail time would distract from his duties as president. Over multiple posts that were littered with falsehoods, Trump reiterated his claim that the charges were “fake” and that President Joe Biden’s administration had been somehow involved in the state-level case. Each of the charges against Trump corresponds to a New York state business record that prosecutors said had been falsified in order to cover up the hush money scheme.