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CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig said Friday that Judge Juan Merchan is unlikely to ever sentence President-elect Donald Trump, despite his conviction in New York, an opinion that isn’t going to sit well with Democrats.
On Friday, Merchan issued an order indefinitely postponing Trump’s sentencing, originally scheduled for Tuesday. The judge granted the defense until December 2 to file a motion to dismiss the case and instructed prosecutors to respond by December 9. Speaking on CNN News Central, Honig predicted that the sentencing would never occur, suggesting that the case would eventually “disappear.”
“It means that the sentencing is on hold indefinitely and quite possibly for more than that, probably never to actually happen, because what they have to do before that is litigate the whole issue of, is Donald Trump immune? Can a state-level prosecution proceed against him while he’s president-elect and then president?” Honig said.
“I’m gonna spoil the bottom line here: He’s not going to get sentenced on this case. He’s not going to get…
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