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The convicted former fixer will figure prominently in the New York hush money trial. His credibility issues give the defense plenty to work with.
Juan Merchan, the judge presiding over the New York hush money trial, fined the ex-president for repeatedly violating a gag order and threatened incarceration.
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The conservative justices seemed likely to confer broad presidential immunity from prosecution — and in a way that would further delay any federal trial.
New York’s rules will allow prosecutors to present evidence of other bad acts in trying the former president on the Stormy Daniels hush money allegations.
The former president can be expected to stick to his political strategy despite its legal risks and Judge Juan M. Merchan’s lack of patience for it.
The special counsel urged the Supreme Court to let the case proceed as soon as possible rather than delaying it for theoretical questions about presidential immunity.
The special counsel suggested he could seek the 11th Circuit’s intervention if the judge continues to prevent the trial from taking place before the election.
Even as the ex-president got a bond reduced in New York, Judge Juan M. Merchan set a trial date in the hush money case, upbraided the defense and imposed a gag order.
The federal judge appointed by the former president keeps finding ways to delay Jack Smith’s case while threatening to dismiss it later.
Judge Scott McAfee ruled that the Georgia racketeering case can proceed without special prosecutor Nathan Wade, but he questioned the prosecution team’s ethics.
