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The hearing in the case of canceling the sentence of Donald Trump, found guilty in the porn star case, has been postponed. A hearing on canceling Trump's sentence was to be held in New York court on Tuesday. New York Court Judge Juan M. Merchan said that he is postponing the hearing in this case till November 19.
Earlier last week, Trump's lawyers had asked the court to postpone the hearing in this case. Trump has recently won the presidential election. On May 30 this year, the court had convicted porn star Stormy Daniels of paying her to keep her quiet.
After being found guilty, Trump in August asked the Federal Court to intervene in the case. After this the Federal Court sent the case back to the New York Court.
Case before becoming President in 2016
Cases were pending against Trump for paying money to silence porn star Stormy Daniels and falsifying business records during the election campaign. This matter happened before he was elected President of America in 2016. After its disclosure, this was the first time in American history that a criminal case was filed against a President.
According to news agency Reuters, the court heard 22 witnesses in 6 weeks. Stormy Daniels was also included in these. Trump also gave his reaction after the decision.
34 charges against Trump in porn star case
- Trump has been charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records. All these charges are related to giving 1 lakh 30 thousand dollars (about 1 crore 7 lakh rupees) to porn star Stormy Daniels to remain silent before the 2016 presidential election.
- 11 charges relate to check signing. The other 11 charges relate to false invoices Cohen submitted to the company and the remaining 12 charges relate to providing false information in records.
- Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen had alleged that he had given money to Stormy at Trump's behest, so that she would not say anything about the affair with Trump before the 2016 election.
- The allegation is that Trump 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 was actually a payment made to hide a crime.
- The document related to the allegations states that Trump continuously gave false information to New York Business Records, so that he could hide his crime and gain an advantage in the election.
- On April 5, 2023, 34 charges were framed against Trump in Manhattan court.
Understand the whole issue of paying money to porn stars in 5 points
Trump and Stormi photographed at Wicked Pictures studios in 2006. Trump was then 60 years old and Stormi was 27. (courtesy stormydaniels.com)
- The case of paying money to silence a porn star dates back to 2006. Donald Trump was then a real estate businessman. Porn star Stormy Daniels was then 27 years old and Trump was 60 years old. The two met during a golf tournament in July 2006.
- Stormi has mentioned this meeting in her book 'Full Disclosure'. He told that when he met Trump, his third wife Melania had given birth to son Barron. Only 4 months had passed since Baron was born.
- In her book, Stormy told that Trump's bodyguards had invited her for dinner at the penthouse of a new star. In the book, he also mentioned his relationship with Trump and his physical appearance. After this an affair started between the two.
- There are allegations that Trump paid Stormi to keep quiet just before the 2016 presidential election. Trump's lawyer had also admitted that he had given 1 lakh 30 thousand dollars (about Rs 1 crore 7 lakh) to the porn star on Trump's behalf.
- The payment given by Trump to the porn star was revealed by the Wall Street Journal in January 2018. On this basis, it was decided to file a criminal case against Trump.
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