On Jan. 10, amid his presidential transition and 10 days before his inauguration as 47th President, President-elect Donald Trump has been ordered by Judge Juan Merchan to appear in person or virtually for sentencing in his New York business-records case.
Merchan on Friday decided he would uphold the criminal conviction against Trump but wouldn’t impose jail time.
Trump, in a Truth Social post, said Merchan should be “disbarred.”
In May, Trump was convicted by a jury on 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection to concealing payments made by his lawyer, Michael Cohen, on his behalf to cover up an alleged affair with porn star Stormy Daniels.
“I was hiding nothing, everything was out in the open for all to see,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “Every legal scholar of note said there IS NO CASE AGAINST ME. The judge should be disbarred! This is why people, and companies, are FLEEING New York — A corrupt court system.” […]
— Read More: www.worldtribune.com
