For the former American president Donald Trump (77) alternates between good and bad news in his various legal processes. The Republican nominee for the next four years was only announced at the end of May White House found guilty in a New York City court of concealing hush money payments in all 34 cases – a verdict that carries enormous weight. However, in an equally important case, Trump managed to achieve great successes.
A new case against Trump is underway in the American state of Georgia. The accusation: After losing the 2020 election, he tried to influence the election results by asking the returning officer there to “find” him about 11,000 additional votes. These would have been enough to decide the extremely close battle in the state in Trump’s favor. Trump and other defendants face a total of 41 charges. However, on appeal, Trump’s lawyers have now succeeded in having the proceedings postponed until next year. as “CNN” reports, among others.
Prosecutor criticized
The appeals court overturned Judge Scott McAfee’s original decision. In the appeal, the responsible public prosecutor Fani Willis was able to credibly testify to a possible conflict of interest, which must first be investigated in detail. This probably won’t happen until March next year – well after the upcoming US elections in November 2024.
Postponing all legal proceedings as much as possible appears to have been the strategy of Trump and his lawyers from the start. In the case of the Public Prosecution Service in Georgia, they can therefore consider the postponement until March 2025 as a great success. If Trump is successful in this fall’s election, he could be back in the White House as the sworn-in US president by then.
There are also two criminal proceedings underway: action is also being taken at the federal level against Trump for election manipulation. He is also charged in the US state of Florida with illegally taking top secret government documents. It is virtually impossible that a decision will be made in either case before the US elections.
Enchanting view on July 11
In any case, there will be a groundbreaking date this year in the hush money case against former porn actress Stormy Daniels (45): after the guilty verdict on all 34 charges on May 30, the verdict will be announced on July 11. Theoretically, given the offense, Trump could end up behind bars for up to four years. However, there is a much greater chance that he will get away with a fine and/or probation.
Regardless of the sentence, the verdict is already historic: for the first time in American history, an ex-president has been convicted of a crime.
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