Judge Juan Merchan steps out of the political spotlight….
The Criminal case will still hang over the ex-President’s head…..
But he ducks a decision right now….
Donald Trump’s sentencing for his criminal conviction in Manhattan will be delayed until after Election Day, a judge ruled Friday, handing the former president a significant victory that will leave voters in the dark about his possible punishment, including a potential prison sentence, as they head to the polls.
The sentencing, previously scheduled for Sept. 18, is now set for Nov. 26.
“The Court is a fair, impartial and apolitical institution,” Justice Juan Merchan, the judge who oversaw the trial and is responsible for sentencing Trump, wrote in a letter to lawyers in the case. “Adjourning decision on the motion and sentencing, if such is required, should dispel any suggestion that the Court will have issued any decision or imposed sentence either to give an advantage to, or to create a disadvantage for, any political party and/or any candidate for any office.”….
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