Trump sentenced in hush money case but doesn’t receive any punishment
The case was the only one of four criminal indictments that has gone to trial and possibly the only one that ever will.
The case was the only one of four criminal indictments that has gone to trial and possibly the only one that ever will.
Former President Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case has been postponed until at least September as the judge agreed Tuesday to weigh the possible impact of a new Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity.
A new CBS News poll shows that opinions of former President Trump are largely unchanged after he was found guilty at his “hush money” trial in New York City.
To convict Trump, the jury would have to find unanimously that he created a fraudulent entry in his company’s records, or caused someone else to do so, and that he did so with the intent of committing or concealing another crime.
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have rested their defense, which could send the case to the jury next week.
Lawyers for former President Trump have pressed former attorney Michael Cohen on his criminal history and past lies as they worked to convince jurors not to believe the star witness’ pivotal testimony.
Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and personal fixer, is by far the Manhattan district attorney’s most important witness in the case.
Stormy Daniels described for jurors a sexual encounter she says she had with former President Donald Trump in 2006 that resulted in her being paid to keep silent during the presidential race 10 years later.
The judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York has fined him an additional $1,000 for violating his gag order a second time and warned Trump that he could face jail time.