Slate: Keeping Up With the Trump Trials: Jack Smith Is Reportedly Reconsidering His Strategy

In “Keeping Up With the Trump Trials: Jack Smith Is Reportedly Reconsidering His Strategy” (Slate, August 26, 2024), Slate discusses the possible delay of Donald Trump’s sentencing in the New York hush money case. New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan is weighing whether to push back the sentencing or let it continue as planned, despite an appeal by Trump’s defense citing presidential immunity.

In the article, Pollock Cohen managing partner, Adam Pollock, comments: “Ordinarily, if the defendant asks for a delay, and the prosecutor doesn’t object, then it would absolutely be granted.” However, he says, there’s a not-insignificant chance Merchan might stick to the September 18 date and simply proceed with sentencing Trump.

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