Juan Merchan’s decision in the hush money trial could alter American history
Judge Juan Merchan outside his office in New York, in October 2022. Merchan has tried to treat Trump like the hundreds of other defendants whose fates he has decided. Photograph: Ahmed Gaber/New York Times’s criminal trial wrapped up in May, one of his lawyers wanted to give the jury unusual instructions that would have made it harder to convict him.
‘Inadequate’: One-word school ratings abolished in England after tragedy involving distraught headteacher While Trump has already been deemed a felon, if Merchan postpones his sentencing until after the November 5th election, the American people will vote without knowing whether Trump will spend time behind bars.
“Whatever decision Judge Merchan makes will not only be the right decision, it will be driven by nothing other than that which occurred in the context of this case,” said Jill Konviser, a retired judge who has known Merchan for more than 15 years.Geyh was similarly impressed by Merchan’s composure during the trial, and anticipated a measured approach to the sentencing.
Whatever his punishment, Trump is unlikely to be incarcerated before the election. Even if the judge hands down the sentence September 18th, he could postpone any punishment until after election day, or, if Trump wins back the White House, until after his second term expires. Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg holds a press conference after a jury convicted former US president Donald Trump in May. Photograph: Todd Heisler/New York Times
Still, Merchan agreed to rule on the immunity issue in early September and sentence Trump after that. Unsatisfied, Trump sought to oust the judge from the case for a third time, claiming that his daughter had ties to Harris. Bragg’s prosecutors separately noted that the scheduling problems Trump lamented had arisen from his own “strategic and dilatory litigation tactics”.
FILE —The Manhattan Criminal Courthouse in New York, on May 31, 2024. Justice Juan Merchan has tried to treat Trump like the hundreds of other defendants whose fates he has decided, but his decision could alter American history.
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