What to do about the sentencing of a convicted felon who will assume the highest office of the land?
Trump: Obviously, dismiss the criminal conviction–to do otherwise is to impede my ability to perform my constitutional duties.
Manhattan DA: Freeze the case (Cf. Clinton v. Jones) and postpone sentencing for now.
And more seriously from the NY Times, with much additional analysis and updates on the other cases:
“In a letter to the judge overseeing the case, prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney’s office emphasized that a jury had already convicted Mr. Trump of falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal. But acknowledging the unprecedented nature of the case — Mr. Trump would be the first felon to serve as president — the prosecutors raised the prospect of a four-year freeze.
The judge, Juan M. Merchan, will now decide in the coming weeks whether to freeze the case or dismiss it outright, a momentous ruling that will shape the outcome of the only one of Mr. Trump’s four criminal cases that made it to trial. Dismissing the case would further embolden Mr. Trump as he enters his second presidential term, solidifying an aura of invincibility around him.”
Imran Khan has been conceded bail by a Pakistani court for one of the bodies of evidence against him however the ex-head of the state is probably going to stay in prison due to a large group of different charges. On Wednesday, Equity Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, of the Islamabad High Court, acknowledged the previous cricketer's bail request in a preliminary connecting with supposed unlawful offer of state gifts. In any case, there was "no way" of his delivery due to without a doubt eight different charges against him, Pakistan's data serve said. "Discharge for him is unimaginable; there are numerous different cases he wants to get bail in," Attaullah Tarar told Pakistani media. Mr Tarar added that the eight different charges connected with the "pandemonium" of May 9 2023, when Khan's allies revolted and raged the Pakistani armed force's base camp because of his capture. Khan, 72, has been in jail since August 2023 and has been entangled
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