Today is the day of judgment on Trump, what punishment will he get before the oath?
Despite several attempts by the newly elected US President Donald Trump, he will be sentenced in the hush money case today, i.e. on January 10. While Trump is to take oath as the President of the country on January 20, his sentence is to be announced 10 days before the swearing-in ceremony.
Today, the newly elected President Trump will be sentenced in the New York court at 8 pm Indian time. However, Judge Juan Merchan, who is looking into the hush money case, has already indicated that Trump will not be sentenced to jail, nor will he be fined or given probation. After this, the eyes of the whole world are fixed on what punishment will be given to Trump in this case.
The hush money case is related to the year 2016. In which Trump is allegedly accused of giving 1 lakh 30 thousand dollars to the adult star. Trump is accused of giving money to the adult star to keep quiet about their relationship. However, Trump has rejected these allegations.
The biggest question right now is what punishment will be given to Trump. According to US law, the possible punishment for such charges can range from a fine or probation to a prison term of up to four years. However, the judge has already indicated that Trump will not be sentenced to prison, nor will he be fined or probated.
The judge wrote that the best option for sentencing Trump is what is called an unconditional discharge. This ends a case without jail, fines or probation, but an unconditional discharge presumes the accused is convicted.
Can Trump pardon himself after becoming president? The answer to this question is that Trump cannot pardon himself in this case. The president can pardon only in federal crimes, but Trump has been convicted in a New York state court. That is why he cannot pardon himself in this case.
Trump's attempt to stop the sentence
In the hush money case, Trump had already said that all the allegations were false. After this, the President made every possible effort to stop the punishment. Even when New York Court Judge Juan Marchan announced that he would announce the punishment to be given to Trump on January 10. After this, 2 days before the punishment, Trump appealed to the Supreme Court to stop the punishment, but he got a shock from the Supreme Court as well and his petition was rejected. Five out of 9 judges of the Supreme Court rejected Trump's petition to stop the punishment.
convicted in 34 cases
Donald Trump was convicted of 34 serious counts of tampering with records in the month of May. Earlier, Trump was to be sentenced on July 11, but the hearing was postponed twice. After this, the sentence in the hush money case was to be announced after the presidential election, but then Trump won the election and Judge Marchan put a hold to consider the hearing.
Donald Trump had appealed to Judge Marchan to cancel the entire case, but the judge rejected his appeal. Now Trump will be sentenced on January 10 at 9:30 am US time. Trump has been ordered to be present in court for the hearing. In which he can appear personally or virtually as he wishes.