Trump Hush Money Case: Former US President Donald Trump has become the first president to be convicted in American history. Today, i.e. on Friday, he was sentenced on 34 charges related to the case of paying money to silence a porn star. New York’s Manhattan Court has acquitted Trump without any condition by not sending him to jail. Trump appeared before the court through video conferencing. 4 large screens were installed in the courtroom, Trump was seen on them during the sentencing. While delivering the verdict, Justice Marchen said, “I wish you success in your second term.”
The punishment given to Trump was merely symbolic, meaning that he will neither go to jail nor will he have to pay any fine. However, he will take oath as the US President as a convicted criminal, which will harm his image.
Justice Marchen told the court, “The right punishment would be to release Trump unconditionally without interfering with the powers of the highest office of this country (President).” Trump remained silent after hearing this and his screen turned off immediately.
Trump was sentenced just 10 days before his swearing-in. He was supposed to be sentenced in July last year, which would have cost him his election. Due to this, he kept postponing the sentence again and again.
Trump won the US presidential election held on November 6 and is scheduled to take oath on January 20. Trump had appealed to the Supreme Court to avoid punishment. However, the court rejected his plea on Thursday.
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Justice Juan Marchan, who presided over the six-week trial last year, had indicated he did not plan to send Trump to prison or impose a fine on him but would grant him an unconditional release and enter a guilty verdict on Trump’s permanent record. However, 78-year-old Trump has declared himself innocent.
Trump Hush Money Case: What was the matter?
Donald Trump has been accused of paying an adult film star Daniels $130,000 to keep her mouth shut during the presidential election campaign. However, in his defense, Trump also said that he has not done anything wrong. This was a conspiracy against him before the election so that he could not win the election. Donald Trump was convicted in the month of May last year. Daniels had claimed that she had physical relations with Donald Trump and Trump had given her $130,000 to hide this fact.
Trump Hush Money Case: Understand the whole matter of paying money to porn stars in 5 points
1. The case of paying money to keep the porn star quiet is of 2006. At that time Donald Trump was a real estate businessman. Porn star Stormy Daniels was 27 years old then and Trump was 60 years old. Both of them met during a golf tournament in July 2006.
2. Stormy has mentioned this meeting in her book ‘Full Disclosure’. She told that when she met Trump, his third wife Melania had given birth to a son Barron. Barron was just 4 months old.
3. In her book, Stormy told that Trump’s bodyguards had called her for dinner in the penthouse of a new star. In the book, she had also mentioned her relationship with Trump and his physique. After this, an affair started between the two.
4. There are allegations that Trump gave money to Stormy to keep quiet just before the presidential election in 2016. Trump’s lawyer also admitted that he had given 1 lakh 30 thousand dollars (about 1 crore 7 lakh rupees) to the porn star on behalf of Trump.
5. The payment made by Trump to the porn star was revealed by the Wall Street Journal in January 2018. On this basis, it was decided to initiate a criminal case against Trump. He is the first US President to be prosecuted for criminal offences.
The public prosecutor who convicted the American President – Alvin Bragg
According to NYT, for the first time in history, the feat of convicting an American President has been accomplished by prosecutor Alvin Bragg. A prosecutor is a public prosecutor who presents the case on behalf of the government. It is the prosecutor’s responsibility to frame charges against the suspected criminal (who was Trump in this case).
When the case reaches court, the prosecutor has to argue in favor of the charges and prove that a crime has been committed. According to the New York Times, this case put Alvin Bragg’s reputation as a public prosecutor at stake. Some people considered it a zombie case.
By bringing the case to its conclusion, Alvin has etched his name in American history. He is the first prosecutor whose arguments not only proved an American president guilty but also resulted in his conviction. After the hearing, Bragg said, ‘I have just done my job.’
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