Manhanttan Prosecutor's Office Opens Opportunity To Postpone Sentence Trial For Trump's Mouth Closed Money Case

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JAKARTA - The Manhattan Prosecutor's Office, United States, opens the opportunity to postpone Donald Trump's sentence in a criminal case of silence. Trump previously attempted to rule out criminal penalties on charges of business fraud after the Supreme Court's decision on presidential immunity.

Trump is currently scheduled to be sentenced on July 11.

"Although we believe the defendant's argument is baseless, we are not against his request for a permit to submit and his request to postpone the sentence pending his motion. We respectfully request a deadline of July 24, 2024, two weeks after the time limit requested by the defendant to submit and provide a response," the prosecutor said in a letter quoted by CNN, Tuesday, July 2.

Trump became the first former US president to be convicted of a crime in May when a Manhattan jury found him guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in a private money trial.

Trump's legal team filed a letter on Monday to challenge the former president's sentence after the Supreme Court ruled the president had absolute immunity from prosecution for the main official action.

Lawyers for the former president have a decision

this confirms their position regarding Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg should not be allowed to provide evidence at trial regarding Trump's "official action" and, as a result, the jury's guilty verdict should be ruled out.

Will Scharf, a lawyer representing Trump in an immune case, told CNN the court's absolute decision had an impact on the case of silence money.

"The Supreme Court is very clear that for actions that are outside the president's official responsibility, actions that are considered immune from prosecution, the evidence of these actions cannot be used to try actions that are basically private," he said.