US Justice Department to release only part of Trump investigation report
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Appeals court allows release of Smith’s report on Trump’s election-reversal efforts
Appeals court muddles timing of release for Jack Smith’s final report
A federal appeals court has rejected an effort by Donald Trump and his allies to block the Justice Department from releasing special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on his two defunct criminal cases against the president-elect.
NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday in his hush money case, but the judge declined to impose any punishment, an outcome that cements his conviction but frees him to return to the White House unencumbered by the threat of a jail term or a fine.
Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records to hide a $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels in May of this year, and has now been sentenced
The New York judge who presided over Donald Trump’s hush money case on Friday sentenced the president-elect to an “unconditional discharge,” meaning he is now a convicted felon in the eyes of New York state law but will face no further penalties.
The ruling means Trump can ask the Supreme Court to block the release of the report written by special counsel Jack Smith. A spokesperson for Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether the president-elect would appeal to the high court.
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Trump received a sentence of unconditional discharge — or effectively no punishment — and the 47th president of the United States will be a convicted felon.
US President-elect Donald Trump has announced Leo Terrell as the Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in the US Department of Justice. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said,
Ten days ahead of his presidential inauguration, Donald Trump is scheduled to be sentenced Friday morning in New York for committing what the judge in his case characterized as a "premeditated and continuous deception" to illegally influence the 2016 presidential election.
Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin tells Politicon's "Highly Conflicted" podcast that Democrats will oppose any effort by Donald Trump to politicize the Department of Justice: QUESTION, HUGO LOWELL: Let me change gears,
President-elect Donald Trump faces sentencing in New York Friday for his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records.
Trump, seated in a dark suit, appeared on a video feed from his Florida club, seated with one of his lawyers, as his sentencing hearing began Friday.
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