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August 29, 2024
On September 18, Donald Trump is scheduled to be sentenced in his New York hush money and election interference case after being found guilty on 34 charges of falsifying business records in order to influence the 2016 election. Trump is the first former president convicted of a crime, though it is unclear whether or how his status as the Republican party’s nominee for the 2024 presidential election will impact the type and length of sentence he receives from Judge Juan Merchan. While Trump’s status as a former president and presidential candidate facing criminal sentencing is unprecedented, so is the underlying conduct to influence the 2016 presidential election that led to his conviction on the 34 criminal charges.
Here’s what to know about his pre-sentencing process in New York, and what type of sentence Trump could face.
Will sentencing happen before Election Day?
If Judge Merchan denies Trump’s motion to dismiss based on immunity, then he could either choose to proceed with sentencing on September 18 or wait until Trump’s immunity motion is appealed all the way up to the Supreme Court.
Will he wait? LOL