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EXCLUSIVE: Former President Trump reacted to Judge Juan Merchan’s decision to delay sentencing in New York v. Trump until after Election Day, telling Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview that he “did nothing wrong” and that the case “should be dead.”
Trump spoke exclusively with Fox News Digital after Merchan granted the former president’s request to have his sentencing delayed until after the presidential election in November.
Trump’s sentencing date is now scheduled for Nov. 26. The original date was set for Sept. 18.
“The case was delayed because everyone realizes there was no case and I did nothing wrong,” Trump told Fox News Digital. “It is a case that should never have been brought.”
Former President Trump gave a press conference in Manhattan on Friday. (Getty Images)
Trump said “the public understands that and so does every legal scholar that has looked at it and studied it.”
“I greatly respect the words ‘if necessary’ being used in this decision because there should be no, ‘if necessary,’” Trump said.
He added: “The case should be dead.”
Merchan said Friday that the “public’s confidence in the integrity of our judicial system demands a sentencing hearing that is entirely focused on the verdict of the jury and the weighing of aggravating and mitigating factors free from distraction or distortion.”
“Unfortunately, we are now at a place in time that is fraught with complexities rendering the requirements of a sentencing hearing, should one be necessary, difficult to execute. Thus, in accordance with certain of the grounds submitted by Defendant and the reasons for adjournment provided by the People coupled with the unique time frame this matter currently finds itself in, the decision on the [motion] and the imposition of sentence will be adjourned to avoid any appearance – however unwarranted-that the proceeding has been affected by or seeks to affect the approaching Presidential election in which the Defendant is a candidate,”…
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