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As of Dec. 30, 2024, Donald Trump’s New York hush-money conviction remained in place. Justice Juan Merchan had already denied Trump’s immunity-based bid to overturn the verdict on Dec. 16, while sentencing had been adjourned earlier and had not yet been imposed.
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As of Dec. 30, 2024, Donald Trump’s New York hush-money conviction remained in place. Justice Juan Merchan had already denied Trump’s immunity-based bid to overturn the verdict on Dec. 16, while sentencing had been adjourned earlier and had not yet been imposed.
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As of Dec. 30, 2024, Donald Trump’s New York hush-money conviction remained in place. Justice Juan Merchan had already denied Trump’s immunity-based bid to overturn the verdict on Dec. 16, while sentencing had been adjourned earlier and had not yet been imposed.
A New York judge rejected Donald Trump’s bid to overturn his hush-money conviction on Dec. 16, 2024, ruling that the Supreme Court’s immunity decision did not erase the jury’s verdict. The conviction remained in place as Trump prepared to return to office.
On Dec. 16, 2024, Justice Juan M. Merchan denied Donald Trump’s post-trial bid to vacate his Manhattan hush-money conviction under the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling. The state case remained alive, while federal special-counsel prosecutions had already been moved to dismissal by Nov. 25, 2024.
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