Donald Trump is set for sentencing for his New York felony conviction
US President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers asked the Supreme Court to stay proceedings in the New York trial court, saying that they didn’t want the presidency and the federal government to be in harm’s way. Trump had been found guilty of filing fake documents to conceal payments to porn star Stormy Daniels, who claimed she had an affair with Trump.
In his trial, former President Trump was found guilty of 34 felony charges
Former US President Donald Trump was found guilty on all 34 felony charges in the Hush Money trial. Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani said that the former President will “vigorously contest” the verdict. Trump was accused of arranging to conceal a payment of $150,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels in October 2016 to prevent her from talking about an alleged affair with Trump.
The jury is considering the case in Trump’s favor
A New York jury has found former US President Donald Trump guilty of falsifying business records to conceal payments he made to suppress unflattering stories about him. Trump was accused of paying hush money to porn actress Stormy Daniels to keep her silence about an alleged affair with him in 2016. He was also convicted of violating election laws.
What happened on the second day of the Trump trial deliberations?
A US jury began deliberations in the hush-money case of US President Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer Michael Cohen. Trump is accused of paying two women, porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal, to keep them from discussing alleged sexual affairs with him during the 2016 US presidential election. Cohen has pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations.
The last words were what the sides said in their closing arguments
Former US President Donald Trump and his former attorney Michael Cohen discussed the payment of pornographic actress Stormy Daniels for her silence on an alleged affair with Trump, prosecution’s lawyer Joshua Steinglass said in closing argument. Steinglass said Trump told Cohen and David Pecker to remove negative media about him. Cohen has been charged with 11 counts of conspiracy to obstruct justice.