Donald Trump must “appear on January 10, 2025”, ordered Judge Juan Merchan in an order published Friday January 3, while specifying that he was not “inclined to impose a sentence of incarceration” on the one who will become the 47th President of the States -United.
American President-elect Donald Trump, convicted in the spring by a New York criminal court of concealed payments to a porn star, will receive his sentence on January 10, which will not be prison terms, the judge announced on Friday, January 3. who presided over this historic trial.
Donald Trump must “appear for his sentence, following his conviction, on January 10, 2025”, ordered Judge Juan Merchan in an order on Friday, while specifying that he was not “inclined to impose a sentence of incarceration” on the The man who will become the 47th president of the United States on January 20.
Donald Trump reacted in the following hours, denouncing an “illegitimate political attack” and a “masquerade” on his social network Truth Social, referring to the chosen date, 10 days preceding that of his inauguration. He also attacked Judge Merchan, whom he described as an “extremist partisan” and “without respect for the Constitution”.
On May 30, Donald Trump, 45th American president, was the first former tenant of the White House to be criminally convicted in the history of the country. He was found guilty on May 30 of 34 document falsifications accountants linked to the payment of porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016.
Trump expected in court or by video
Trump will be able to appear in person in court, in the south of the big New York island of Manhattan, or remotely by video, but he will have to make his “preference” known by Sunday January 5, according to the magistrate.
The judge wrote in his 18-page order that it “seems appropriate to indicate that the court would not be inclined to impose a sentence of incarceration” even if such a “sentence is incurred in the sentencing.”
The jury in the Manhattan court, a local court in New York State, found him guilty of 34 counts of making hidden payments amounting to $130,000 to a porn star, Stormy Daniels. , carried out just before the 2016 presidential election, which he won.
It was, according to the court, that this woman, real name Stephanie Clifford, had a brief sexual encounter in 2006 when Donald Trump was already married to Melania who was pregnant with their son Barron.
The person concerned denies any sexual relationship with Stormy Daniels. After months of appeals and the election won on November 5, the Trump camp failed to overturn this historic verdict on the basis of presidential immunity which was extended on July 1 by a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Under enormous political pressure, Judge Merchan had postponed the sentencing several times since May 30, especially since the presidential victory.
