When former President Donald Trump was convicted by a Manhattan jury in May of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, Judge Juan Marchand set the sentencing date for July 11. The sentencing was scheduled to take place just days before the start of the 2024 Republican National Convention, where Trump is expected to be formally elected as the party’s presidential nominee.
But Marchand postponed the former president’s sentencing following an unprecedented Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity that declared Trump at least partially immune from crimes he committed while in office. Marchand is due to hear arguments from both Trump’s defense team and the prosecutors in the case before ruling on whether the conviction should be upheld in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling.
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The new sentencing date is now set for September 18, less than two months before the general election on November 5. Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts, each carrying a maximum sentence of four years in prison, but with no minimum sentence.
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Maya Homan is USA TODAY’s 2024 Election Fellow focusing on Georgia politics. Follow her on X (formerly Twitter) as @MayaHoman.
