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Tony 💉x8 🇦🇺<p>After a few days, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a> will totally forget about this story. </p><p>More and more <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> will roll over because who want to recieve the "<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a> Treatement" (Judge Merchan himself and his family were doxxed and under constant threat by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> and <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s militia)?</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/10/jd-vance-judges-trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/f</span><span class="invisible">eb/10/jd-vance-judges-trump</span></a></p>
Damkina<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@scottmiller42" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>scottmiller42</span></a></span> I’m not sure the justice system can handle the repercussions of what <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a>/SCOTUS just did.</p>
Damkina<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@AssociatedPress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AssociatedPress</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@associatedpress/u.s.-news-lhl4uphvz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>u-s-news-AssociatedPress</span></a></span> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a> should have taken notes…</p>
FinchHaven infosec<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Remittancegirl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Remittancegirl</span></a></span> </p><p>I'll repost this, probably sparingly...</p><p>"No other defendant in the [similar] cases examined received an <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/UnconditionalDischarge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnconditionalDischarge</span></a>."</p><p>And there it is</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a> is cowed, neutered</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s persistent use of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/StochasticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StochasticTerrorism</span></a> with no repercussions whatsoever has done its job</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> is for sale to the most threatening criminals in the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/UnitedStatesofAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesofAmerica</span></a></p>
FinchHaven infosec<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@samlitzinger" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>samlitzinger</span></a></span> </p><p>I'll repost this, probably sparingly...</p><p>"No other defendant in the [similar] cases examined received an <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/UnconditionalDischarge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnconditionalDischarge</span></a>."</p><p>And there it is</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a> is cowed, neutered</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s persistent use of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/StochasticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StochasticTerrorism</span></a> with no repercussions whatsoever has done its job</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> is for sale to the most threatening criminals in the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/UnitedStatesofAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesofAmerica</span></a></p>
gentlegardener<p>Judge <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>merchan</span></a> is playing chess, and I’m on checkers still. I would have liked no foreign travel no interstate travel and ankle neck and wrist electronic tracker bracelets.</p><p>State corporation commissions and insurance companies, banks, lenders? Never ask any of us again if we were ever convinced of felony, if you don’t give a shit about his felony plural convictions.</p>
FinchHaven infosec<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> </p><p>"No other defendant in the cases examined received an <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/UnconditionalDischarge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnconditionalDischarge</span></a>."</p><p>And there it is</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a> is cowed, neutered</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s persistent use of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/StochasticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StochasticTerrorism</span></a> with no repercussions whatsoever has done its job</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> is for sale to the most threatening criminals in the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/UnitedStatesofAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesofAmerica</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The outcome was expected: Last week, in an 18-page decision, Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a> said that he planned to give <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnconditionalDischarge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnconditionalDischarge</span></a>, writing that it “appears to be the most viable solution to ensure finality.”</p><p>Trump, who was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal, had originally faced probation or up to 4 years in prison, &amp; Justice Merchan had ample ground to consider incarceration.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unfit</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PresidentScumbag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentScumbag</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RapistInChief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RapistInChief</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>On Friday, Justice Juan M. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a> sentenced Donald J. Trump to an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnconditionalDischarge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnconditionalDischarge</span></a>, a rare &amp; lenient sentence in NY state courts that still cements <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s status as a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felon</span></a> before his inauguration.</p><p>A conditional discharge would have required him to meet certain conditions, like maintaining employment or paying restitution, but Trump will not be subject to any requirements going forward.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unfit</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PresidentScumbag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentScumbag</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RapistInChief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RapistInChief</span></a></p>
Fragarach<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> </p><p>&lt;reaches for popcorn&gt;</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FelonTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FelonTrump</span></a></p>
Laffy<p>Via Klasfeld: 1/… 🧵</p><p>"All rise." </p><p>Justice <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a> takes the bench, and he addresses <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s attorney Todd Blanche, who confirms that he and his client are appearing virtually from Florida.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FelonTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FelonTrump</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> Denies <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> Request to Stop His <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Sentencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sentencing</span></a>. He is scheduled to b sentenced in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a> on Friday morning after being convicted of 34 <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/felonies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felonies</span></a>. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/presidency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>presidency</span></a> used to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/subvert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subvert</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> actions. Thank Judge <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>merchan</span></a> for completing the work he is obligated to do as judge <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AileenCannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AileenCannon</span></a> facilitates <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/subversion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subversion</span></a> of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>. Justices <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SamuelAlito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelAlito</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NeilGorsuch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeilGorsuch</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/BrettKavanagh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrettKavanagh</span></a> would have granted Trump’s request to block.</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is set to be sentenced Friday, after a jury convicted him of 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> payment made to an adult-film actress during the 2016 election. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NY</span></a> Supreme Court Justice Juan <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a>, who presided over Trump’s trial, has said he does not plan to give the incoming president jail time or probation.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felon</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sentencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sentencing</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…last wk, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a> wrote that he plans to order an “unconditional discharge” for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, a designation in NY <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> courts for a non-jail &amp; non-probation sentence….
<br>…the current sentencing schedule was requested by Trump, who previously asked for the hearing to be postponed until after the election that Trump maintained he would win. After making that request, the judge said Trump could NOT now credibly say that winning the election makes him <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immune</span></a> from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sentencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sentencing</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> asks <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> to halt Friday sentencing in hush money case</p><p>Trump’s appeal…comes after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a> rejected Trump’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a> claims.

In their petition late Tues, Trump’s attys told SCOTUS that the president-elect is immune from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> proceedings &amp; that his sentencing should be postponed while his appeals continue to “prevent grave injustice &amp; harm to the institution of the presidency &amp; the operations of the federal government” [🙄; he already did that]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/08/trump-hush-money-sentencing-supreme-court/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/01/08/trump-hush-money-sentencing-supreme-court/</span></a></p>
Greengordon<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> </p><p>Of course. Donny skates again.</p><p>"Even though Justice <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a> has signaled that he will spare the former &amp; future president any substantive punishment"</p>
(((Cindy Weinstein)))<p>Elon is embedded in felon. No wonder <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is so upset about becoming "the first felon to serve as U.S. president after New York Judge Juan Merchan upheld his felony conviction in his 2016 election subversion hush-money case." </p><p><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/6/headlines/ny_judge_upholds_trumps_election_subversion_felony_conviction_but_will_not_sentence_him_to_prison" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/1/6/head</span><span class="invisible">lines/ny_judge_upholds_trumps_election_subversion_felony_conviction_but_will_not_sentence_him_to_prison</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a></p>
(((Cindy Weinstein)))<p>Elon is embedded in felon. No wonder <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is so upset about becoming "the first felon to serve as U.S. president after New York Judge Juan Merchan upheld his felony conviction in his 2016 election subversion hush-money case." </p><p><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/6/headlines/ny_judge_upholds_trumps_election_subversion_felony_conviction_but_will_not_sentence_him_to_prison" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/1/6/head</span><span class="invisible">lines/ny_judge_upholds_trumps_election_subversion_felony_conviction_but_will_not_sentence_him_to_prison</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Even though Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a> has signaled that he will spare the former &amp; future president any substantive punishment, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is scrambling to avoid the symbolic blow of sentencing. Once Trump is sentenced for the 34-count <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conviction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conviction</span></a>, he will formally become a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felon</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Although that request is most likely doomed — the judge, Juan M. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a>, was the one who scheduled the sentencing — <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s lawyers disclosed in the filing that they planned to escalate their effort. If the judge does not pause the sentencing by 2PM on Monday, the filing said, Trump will “seek an emergency appellate review.”</p><p>Hoping to persuade a NY appeals court to intervene, Trump’s lawyers plan to file a civil action against Justice Merchan &amp; seek to freeze the sentencing….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>