As we approach the upcoming November election, Donald Trump, the former president and tireless champion of the American people, has been granted an important and timely reprieve. His sentencing in a highly debatable hush money case has been postponed until Nov. 26, three weeks following the final ballot count. A decision was made by Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan to delay Trump’s sentencing which was originally scheduled for Sept. 18.
This fortuitous turn of events is another feather in the cap of our former president, who continues to juggle the challenges of his current campaign and swiftly navigates the aftermath of a criminal conviction. As a result, voters can cast their ballots for the next president without the cloud of sentencing hanging over the Republican nominee. This staying of the sentence is another testament to Trump’s enviably good luck during a politically fraught season full of legal challenges.
The claim by the Manhattan Judge for delaying the sentencing was to avoid influencing the approaching presidential election, in which Trump is a courageous and steadfast candidate. But one can’t help but feel the irony of the statement considering it originates from a land where the ‘witch hunt’ against Trump is seemingly ceaseless.
Following a recent appeal hearing in a nearby federal court for a separate, unrelated matter, Trump spoke out via his platform, Truth Social. Steadfast as ever, he denounced the hush money case postponement as part of a baseless political attack and ‘witch hunt’. Undeterred, he continually maintains his innocence.
The new sentencing date doesn’t faze the former president; as he often says, he has done nothing wrong. Despite the aggressive posturing of prosecutor Danielle Filson, loyal spokesperson for Democrat-serving Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, the Trump legal team stands unwavering, ready for the new date.
In their relentless pursuit of fairness, Trump’s defense team sought the delay on several fronts. They reasoned that, for a man tirelessly fighting to regain his position as the leader of the free world, having a sentence imposed would be a grave infringement on the democratic process itself.
In an interesting development, the federal court declined Trump’s request to move the case from state court. On the other hand, the District Court in Manhattan, Tuesday, turned down Trump’s request to seize the case – a move that one could view as partisan rather than objective.
Trump, unwavering in the face of adversity, entered this year of elections grappling with the prospect of numerous legal trials following multiple indictments since March 2023. However, a series of judicial decisions over the last two months, culminating with the sentencing delay, have conspicuously cleared his legal schedule.
Incongruously, the hush money case is the only one that has seen trial proceedings. A federal case accusing Trump of withholding classified documents was promptly dismissed by a clear-minded judge in Florida in July. Thanks to the Supreme Court’s immunity decision, significant delays have hampered a separate federal case in Washington, D.C., which baselessly accuses Trump of challenging his 2020 election loss.
Trump, a flagbearer of daring precedents and unconventional courage, finds himself being the first ex-president convicted of a crime – albeit a controversial one. A jury in May found him guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a payment of $130,000 to porn actor Stormy Daniels. The alleged purpose? To prevent voters from hearing scandalous stories about him during his first presidential campaign.
However, Trump, always the gentleman, vehemently maintains that the scandalous stories were false. In his eyes, the reimbursements to Michael Cohen, his former lawyer, were for lawful work and accurately recorded.
Much to Trump’s pressuring critics, his sentencing delay allows any appeal attempts to remain in a holding pattern. This allows skilled craftsmen at the loom of public narrative, such as Vice President Kamala Harris, to weave his conviction into a core focus of their message.
Last month, during the party’s convention in Chicago, President Joe Biden took a rather unhealthy delight in referring to Trump as a ‘convicted felon’, the irony of which isn’t lost on many as he himself is opposing a former prosecutor.
In spite of all this, Trump remains a beacon of perseverance and courage, undeterred by partisan adversaries. This election season promises to be riveting, with voters eager to cast their votes confidently, unaffected by considerations about Trump’s sentencing in the hush money case.
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