Legal scholar Professor Jonathan Turley has weighed in on President Donald Trump’s so-called “hush money” case after the sentencing hearing was delayed until after the election.
Trump and his lawyers have scored a mountain of legal victories in recent months.
The latest victory came after Trump’s sentencing in the New York “hush money” case was once again rescheduled, as Slay News reported.
Legal scholars, such as lawyer Turley, analyzed the situation, according to Newsweek.
Turley, a professor at George Washington University Law School, suggested that the U.S. Supreme Court will view some of the “evidence” allowed in the case overseen by Judge Juan Merchan as “privileged.”
Merchan, a Biden donor with Democrat ties, was overseeing the case brought against Trump by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
While the Democrat prosecutor initially scored a victory when Trump was convicted on 34 charges, many believe the 45th president could emerge victorious in the appeals process.
Late last week, Merchan explained why he decided to postpone Trump’s sentencing hearing until after the November election.
The decision was a major blow to Trump’s critics who were hoping he would be sentenced to jail ahead of the election.
“This matter is one that stands alone, in a unique place in this Nation’s history, and this Court has presided over it since its inception,” Merchan wrote.
He added that the court would be “faced with one of the most critical and difficult decisions a trial court judge faces—the sentencing of a defendant found guilty of crimes by a unanimous jury of his peers.”
Turley said in a recent Fox News interview that he believes Judge Merchan “has committed layers of reversible error.”
“The election has grown in considerable importance in terms of this sentencing, but keep in mind whatever Merchan does it doesn’t change what he previously did in this case,” Turley said.
“I think he has committed layers of reversible error.
“I think there was evidence at his trial that the Supreme Court would view as privileged and should not have been before the jury.”
He added, “So there is a long runway between here and there when it comes to any jail sentence.”
In late August, Trump’s lawyers attempted to move the sentencing hearing to federal court but failed on two attempts.
They argued that the recent Supreme Court immunity ruling that favored Trump affected Bragg’s case as well.
After the second attempt to have the sentencing moved, federal judge Alvin Hellerstein wrote:
“Nothing in the Supreme Court’s opinion affects my previous conclusion that the hush money payments were private, unofficial acts, outside the bounds of executive authority.”
Only time will tell if Trump is ever sentenced to actual prison time.
However, it looks like leading legal scholars do not believe that will be a likely outcome.
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