What’s Next in the Trump Hush Money Case?

Dec 6, 2024

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James Sample

Professor of Constitutional Law James Sample talked to WCBS-TV regarding the matter of President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money case. Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg told the court that his office would be open to a four-year freeze on Trump’s sentencing while maintaining that it would continue to back the jury’s guilty verdict in the case.



“If Judge [Juan] Merchan delays sentencing until after Mr. Trump’s term of office, that would be prudent and sensible under the indisputably extraordinary circumstances. But a delay in sentencing is not, nor should it be perceived to be, a prelude to a dismissal,” Professor Sample said.
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Professor Sample regularly comments on voting rights and constitutional issues in leading media outlets.

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