The pronouncement of his sentence, postponed many times, will take place on Friday at 9:30 a.m. local time (3:30 p.m. French time).
Published on 10/01/2025 08:16
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The Supreme Court of the United States rejected, Thursday, January 9, Donald Trump’s appeal against the pronouncement of his sentence Friday in New York, which will therefore be held as planned, ten days before his return to the White House. Donald Trump was found guilty on May 30 in this case of hidden payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels of “aggravated accounting falsification to conceal a conspiracy to pervert the 2016 election.” An infamous first for a former American president and now for an elected president.
-The pronouncement of his sentence, postponed many times, was finally set for January 3 by Judge Juan Merchan, who presided over the proceedings, for Friday at 9:30 a.m. local time (3:30 p.m. French time). Shortly after the Supreme Court’s decision, Donald Trump thanked her for “tried to remedy the great injustice of which I was a victim”without forgetting to attack as usual Judge Merchan, described as“extremely political and corrupt.” “I am innocent of all the false accusations invented by the judge,”he insisted on his Truth Social network, adding that he would continue to appeal in this case.
After several unsuccessful appeals, the lawyers of the president-elect, who will take office on January 20, petitioned the Supreme Court of the United States on Tuesday to ask it to urgently suspend the procedure in order to‘”prevent a serious injustice and an attack on the presidential institution and the functioning of the federal government”. By a majority of five votes to four, those of the three progressive judges and two of the conservatives, the Court notably considered that Donald Trump could still appeal his conviction through the ordinary channels before the courts of the State of New York.
Furthermore, “the burden that the sentencing will place on the responsibilities of the president-elect is relatively minor, given the court’s announced intention to pronounce a ‘dispensation of sentence’ after a brief virtual hearing.”
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