The hearing in the case to overturn the sentence of Donald Trump, convicted in the porn star affair, has been postponed. A hearing on overturning Trump’s sentence was scheduled to be held Tuesday in New York court. New York District Court Judge Juan M. Merchan said he was postponing a hearing in the case until November 19.
Earlier last week, Trump’s lawyers asked the court to postpone the hearing in the case. Trump recently won the presidential election. On May 30 this year, the court convicted porn star Stormy Daniels of paying her to keep quiet.
After being found guilty, Trump in August asked the Federal Court to intervene in the case. After that, the Federal Court sent the case back to the New York court.
Affair before becoming president in 2016
Lawsuits were pending against Trump for paying money to silence porn star Stormy Daniels and falsifying business records during the election campaign. This case occurred before he was elected President of the United States in 2016. After its disclosure, it was the first time in American history that a criminal case was filed against a president.
According to the Reuters news agency, the court heard 22 witnesses in 6 weeks. Stormy Daniels was also one of them. Trump also gave his reaction after the decision.
34 counts against Trump in porn star case
Trump was charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records. All of these charges are linked to giving $1 lakh 30,000 (around 1 crore 7 lakh rupees) to porn star Stormy Daniels to keep silent before the 2016 presidential election. 11 charges are linked when signing checks. The other 11 charges are related to false invoices submitted to Cohen’s company and the other 12 charges are related to providing false information in records. Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, had alleged that at Trump’s request, he gave money to Stormy from his own account. It was given so that she would not say anything about her affair with Trump before the 2016 election. It is believed that Trump returned the money to Cohen after becoming president. For this, he gave several checks to Cohen for 10 months. He showed it in the records as a legal fee, which was actually a payment made to cover up a crime. The document linked to the allegations states that Trump continually filed false information in New York business records, so he could hide his crime and profit from it. in the April 5, 2023 election, 34 charges were filed against Trump in Manhattan court.
Understanding the whole issue of paying porn stars in 5 points
Trump and Stormi photographed at Wicked Pictures Studios in 2006. Trump was 60 at the time and Stormi was 27. (courtesy stormydaniels.com)
The case of paying money to silence a porn star dates back to 2006. Donald Trump was then a real estate businessman. Porn star Stormy Daniels was 27 at the time and Trump was 60. The two met at a golf tournament in July 2006. Stormy mentioned this meeting in her book “Full Disclosure.” He said that when he met Trump, his third wife, Melania, gave birth to a son, Barron. It was only 4 months after Barron was born. In her book, Stormy recounted that Trump’s bodyguards invited her to dinner at a new star’s penthouse. In the book, he also discusses his relationship with Trump and his physical appearance. After that, an affair started between the two. There were allegations that just before the 2016 presidential election, Trump gave Stormi money to keep silent. Trump’s lawyer had also admitted that he had given $1 lakh 30,000 (around Rs 1 crore 7 lakh) to the porn star in Trump’s name. Trump’s payment to the porn star was disclosed in January 2018. The Wall Street Journal did so. In . On this basis, it was decided to initiate criminal proceedings against Trump.
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