BREAKING: Merchan Delays Trump Sentencing to September After Immunity Claim

Trump was scheduled to be sentenced on July 11. Judge Juan Merchan said the former president will now be sentenced on September 18, “if such is still necessary.”

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The announcement underscores the far-reaching implications of Monday’s Supreme Court ruling, in which the court’s conservative wing found that presidents have absolute immunity for “core” presidential duties.

The decision has thrown special counsel Jack Smith’s indictment of Trump on election subversion charges into doubt – and a trial before the November election is all but impossible now. The ruling could impact the indictments of Trump in the classified documents and Georgia election interference cases as well.

Ed Morrissey

I think the Georgia case against Trump in particular is dead. That RICO case is built on non-crimes and presidential actions tied together with assumptions on motives to create a nonsense "racket" without a financial motive. 

The remark about "if such is still necessary" is very intriguing, though. 

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