Source: France 24 [French state media]
“Sentencing of Donald Trump in his New York hush money trial was delayed Friday until after November’s presidential election, a win for the Republican as he battles Democrat Kamala Harris in the knife-edge race. The former president had been scheduled to be sentenced on September 18 for falsifying business records in a scheme to silence a porn star’s politically damaging story. But Judge Juan Merchan postponed it to November 26 — well past the November 5 election, as requested by Trump’s lawyers. … Trump was convicted in May of 34 counts of doctoring business records to cover up hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels to stop her from disclosing an alleged sexual encounter on the eve of the 2016 election.” (09/06/24)