Donald Trump to undergo probation interview Monday, a required step before his New York sentencing
Presentence reports include a defendant’s personal history, criminal record and recommendations for sentencing.
Presentence reports include a defendant’s personal history, criminal record and recommendations for sentencing.
To convict Trump, jurors must find beyond a reasonable doubt that he falsified or caused business records to be entered falsely and did so with the intent to deceive and the intent to commit or conceal another crime.
Prosecutors challenged the defense’s contention that Trump’s arrangement with the National Enquirer wasn’t unique.
Judge Juan Merchan did not immediately rule but repeatedly signaled his exasperation with the Trump team.
Just as Trump sat through a jury selection process in which multiple prospective jurors expressed negative opinions about him, he’ll be forced to remain in court as salacious and potentially unflattering details about his personal life are shared with the jury.
Judge Juan Merchan revealed in court that one of the seven, a cancer nurse, had ‘conveyed that after sleeping on it overnight she had concerns about her ability to be fair and impartial in this case.’
Prospective jurors have been grilled on their social media posts, personal lives and political views as the lawyers and judge search for biases that would prevent them from being impartial.
On the second day of jury selection, New Yorkers were quizzed for hours about their views on Trump and other issues, and eight were excused after saying they could not be impartial or because they had other commitments.
Trump’s hush-money case is the first of his four criminal indictments slated to go to trial and would be the first criminal trial ever of a former President.