The hearing in the matter of canceling the conviction of Donald Trump, who is guilty in the porn star case, has been postponed. On Tuesday, a hearing was scheduled to be held in a New York court to overturn Trump's sentence. New York Court Judge Juan M. Murchan said he was adjourning the case until November 19.
Earlier last week, Trump's lawyers asked the court to postpone the hearing in the matter. Trump recently won the presidential election. On May 30 this year, a court found porn star Stormy Daniels guilty of paying her to remain silent.
Trump asked a federal court to intervene in the case in August after the guilty plea. The federal court then sent the case back to the New York court.
A case before becoming President in 2016 Cases were pending against Trump for paying porn star Stormi Daniels to hush her and falsifying business records during the campaign. This case happened before he was elected as the US President in 2016. This is the first time in US history that a criminal case has been filed against a President since his revelations.
According to news agency Reuters, the court heard 22 witnesses in 6 weeks. This included Stormy Daniels. Trump also gave his reaction after this decision.
34 charges against Trump in porn star case
- Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records. All these allegations are related to paying 1 lakh 30 thousand dollars (about 1 crore 7 lakh rupees) to porn star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet before the 2016 presidential election.
- 11 relates to signing of charge cheques. Another 11 charges related to false invoices Cohen submitted to the company, and the remaining 12 related to providing false information in records.
- Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, alleged that he paid Stormi at Trump's behest to keep her from speaking out about the affair with Trump before the 2016 election.
- Trump allegedly returned the money to Cohen after becoming president. For this he gave several checks to Cohen for 10 months. They showed it in the records as legal fees, which were actually payments made to cover up the crime.
- The document accompanying the charges alleges that Trump repeatedly provided false information to New York business records in order to conceal his crime and gain an electoral advantage.
- On April 5, 2023, a 34-count indictment was framed against Trump in a Manhattan court.
Understand the whole point of paying porn stars in 5 points
Trump and Stormi photographed at Wicked Pictures Studios in 2006. Trump was 60 at the time and Stormi was 27. (courtesy of stormydaniels.com)
- The 2006 case of paying a porn star to silence her. Donald Trump was then a real estate businessman. At that time, porn star Stormy Daniels was 27 years old and Trump was 60 years old. The two met during a golf tournament in July 2006.
- Stormy has mentioned this meeting in his book 'Full Disclosure'. He said his third wife, Melania, had given birth to a son, Barron, when he met Trump. Baron was only 4 months old.
- In his book, Stormy said Trump's bodyguards invited him to dinner at the new star's penthouse. In the book, she also mentions her relationship with Trump and his physical appearance. After this, the affair started between the two.
- There are allegations that Trump paid Stormy to keep quiet before the 2016 presidential election. Trump's lawyer also admitted that he gave 1 lakh 30 thousand dollars (about 1 crore 7 lakh rupees) to the porn star on behalf of Trump.
- The payment made by Trump to the porn star was revealed by the Wall Street Journal in January 2018. Based on that, it was decided to file a criminal case against Trump.
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