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Court Sentences Donald Trump To No Jail, No Fine Unconditional Discharge
https://osazuwaakonedo.news/court-sentences-donald-trump-to-no-jail-no-fine-unconditional-discharge/11/01/2025/
#Law #Juan #Daniels #Donald #Florida #Merchan #Stormy #Trump #USA ©January 11th, 2025 ®January 11, 2025 6:04 am United States of America, USA President-elect, Donald Trump will be no doubt the first ex-convict to become President in the North America country after Justice Juan Merchan sentenced him to No Jail term and No Fine Unconditional Discharge after the judge had last year found him guilty of falsifying business records and convicted him for criminal felony.
Details of the Judgement and other events that occurred yesterday at the Court while Justice Juan Merchan was presenting the judgement is published in our audio and video versions of this news report. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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United States of America USA president
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elect Donald Trump will be no doubt the
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first ex-convict to become president in
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the North America country after Justice
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Joan Maan sentenced him to no jail term
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and no fine unconditional discharge
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after the judge had last year found him
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guilty of falsifying business records
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and convicted him for criminal felony
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details of the judgment and other events
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that occurred yesterday at the court one
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Justice Johan Machan was presented the
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judgment is published in our audio and
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video versions of this news report
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President elect Donald Trump was
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sentenced to unconditional discharge for
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34 charges of business fraud related to
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harsh money payment to stomy Daniels
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during the 2016 presidential campaign
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President elect Donald Trump was
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sentenced Friday morning in New York
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after the Supreme Court refused to block
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the sentencing making him the first US
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president to be convicted and sentenced
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for a crime to take office Trump
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appeared virtually from myo according to
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local media While others also reported
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that he appeared virtually for the
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sentencing at a courtroom in New York
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Trump could have been sentenced of up to
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4 years in prison but inad was delivered
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a sentence that does not include
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penalties like J ter or probation in
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what's called an unconditional discharge
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an unconditional discharge illegal ter
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means that the person is convicted of
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the charges but is not punished further
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such as with Jael time probation or
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fights essentially they are released
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without any conditions attached to their
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discharge this can happen in cases where
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the court determines that the conviction
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itself serves as enough of a deterrent
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or punishment according to local
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observers in the United States of
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America Trump doesn't face any jail time
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FS or probation but his conviction still
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stands and he will enter office as a
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convicted fellon one of The Observers
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added the source news media reported
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that George Machan emphasized that while
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the office of the presidency grants
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considerable legal protections those
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protections do not diminish the
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seriousness of the crime one power that
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do not provide is the power to erase a
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jury verdict marchan stated
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acknowledging the citizen role in
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returning Trump to office despite the
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conviction according to CNN Trump
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appearing virtually from myo maintained
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his innocence the fact is I'm totally
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innocent I did nothing wrong he said
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calling the case a political Witch Hunt
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designed to damage his reputation Trump
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also criticized Manhattan district
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attorney Alin BR claiming the case was
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unwarranted and H New York York's
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Judicial System New York states that
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unconditional discharge is when a
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defendant is convicted without
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punishments such as imprisonment a fine
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or probation
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supervision while Trump expressed
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dissatisfaction with the outcome his
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legal team views the sentencing as a
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step toward appealing the conviction
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despite his felony conviction the
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unconditional discharge means Trump will
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face no further penalties directly tied
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to the case allowing him to focus on his
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political agenda and upcoming cabinet
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confirmations the sour report ends in
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quote President elect Donald Trump on
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Friday was sentenced to unconditional
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discharge just 10 days before his
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inauguration the case stem from
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accusations that he falsified business
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records to conceal a
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$130,000 payment to stomy Daniels who
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claims to have had an affair with Trump
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in 2006 a claim he denies calling the
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prosecution politically motivated Trump
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during the sentencing discussed his 2024
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election Victory claiming he won the
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popular vote by millions and millions of
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votes and secured all seven swing States
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adding they've been watching your trial
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so they understood it referring to the
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voters he also argued that legal fees
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were recorded by accountants as legal
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expenses not by him personally legal
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fees were put down as legal expenses by
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accountants the W put down by me Trump
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said it's incredible actually would your
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client like to be
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heard yes thank you youor this has been
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a very terrible experience I think it's
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been a tremendous setback for New York
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and the New York court
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system uh this was a case that Alvin
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brag did not not want to bring
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uh he thought it was from what I read
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and from what I hear
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inappropriately um handled before he got
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there a gentleman from a law firm came
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in and acted as a district
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attorney and that
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gentleman from what I heard was a
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criminal or almost criminal in what he
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did it was very inappropriate it was a
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somebody involved with my political
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opponent
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part of the records that we're talking
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about they're saying I just noticed
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where he said I was falsifying business
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records well the falsification of
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business records as they said it was
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calling a legal expense in the books
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where everybody could see them a legal
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expense in other words that legal fees
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or legal expense were put down as legal
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expense by accountants they weren't put
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down by me they were put down by
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accountants I didn't call them
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construction concrete work I didn't call
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them electrical work I didn't call them
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any they called a legal fee or a legal
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expense a legal expense and for this I
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got
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indicted uh it's incredible actually now
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if you look my attorney alluded to it uh
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the top legal Scholars and legal
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pundits in this country the ones that
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are quoted all the time on television
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that are uh making their views felt and
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highly respected people uh have said
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everyone virtually everyone that I know
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of I haven't seen any to the contrary
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not one and none these people not
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exactly friends of mine to put it mildly
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but they all said this is a case that
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should have never been brought it's an
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injustice of
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Justice uh very respected Jonathan
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Turley Andy
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McCarthy Judge David riffkin a wonderful
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man who just passed away by the way uh
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Greg
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Ellie honig from CNN of all places CNN
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said that Paul and
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graia Alan dtz they all said this is not
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a case that should be brought it's not
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think about legal expenses are down as
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legal expenses and and I get indicted
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for business records everybody should be
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so
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accurate uh it's been a political Witch
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Hunt it was done to damage my reputation
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so that I'd lose the election and
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obviously that didn't work and the
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people of our country got to see this
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firsthand because they watched the case
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in your courtroom they got to see this
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firsthand and then they voted and I W
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and got the number of votes by far of
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any Republican candidate in history and
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one as you know all seven swing States
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one conclusively all seven swing States
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and one uh the popularity the popular
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vote by millions and millions of votes
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and they've been watching your trial so
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they understood it uh I wasn't allowed
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to use the lawyer client privilege or
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the Reliance on Council I had a lawyer
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that made this deal and he admitted that
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and he was also a totally discredited
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person we weren't allowed to use the
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information from the southern district
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that totally discredited him that wasn't
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allowed to be put in and that was
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terrible
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unbelievable and this is a man who's got
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uh no standing he's been disbarred on
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other matters
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unrelated and he was allowed to talk as
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though he were George Washington but
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he's not George Washington he shouldn't
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have been allowed the southern district
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did a book of approximately 28 Pages uh
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where they I've never seen anything like
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it they excoriated if you wouldn't let
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it be put into evidence so he was able
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to testify as a witness and I think it's
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a disgrace to the system uh I was under
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a gag order I'm the first first
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president in history that was under a g
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go where I couldn't talk about aspects
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of the case that are very important I
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guess I'm still under so probably I
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won't do it now I assume I'm still under
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a gag order but the fact is that uh I'm
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totally innocent I did nothing wrong
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they talked about business records and
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the business records were extremely
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accurately counted I had nothing to do
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with them any that was done by an
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accountant or bookkeeper who uh I think
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gave very credible testimony and was
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corroborated by everybody that was
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asked and with all that's happening in
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our country today with a city that's
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burning to the ground one of our largest
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most important cities burning to the
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ground with with Wars that are
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uncontrollably going on with all of the
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problems of inflation and uh attacks on
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countries and all of the horrible things
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that are going on I got indicted over
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calling a legal expens a legal expense
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was called a legal
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expense uh I just want to say I think
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it's an embarrassment to New York and
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New York has a lot of problems but this
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is a great embarrassment I believe that
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this and other cases that was were
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brought as you know the daj is doj is
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very much involved in this case it's
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because that's the political opponent
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they're talking about the doj is very
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involved you have a gentleman sitting
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right there from the doj who was from
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the doj's office he was also involved
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with the New York State Attorney
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General's case and he went from there to
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here he went around and did what he had
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to do he got them to move on me but in
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the meantime I won the election and a
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massive Landslide and the people of this
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country understand what's going on this
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has been a weaponization of government
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they call it lawfare never happened to
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any extent like this but never happened
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in our country before and I just like to
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exclaim that I was treated very very
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unfairly and I thank you very much
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thank you Mr
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Trump Mr Trump you appear before this
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court
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today to conclude this criminal
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proceeding by the imposition of
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sentence although I have taken the
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unusual step of informing you in advance
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of my
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inclinations before imposing sentence I
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believe it is important for you as well
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as those observing these proceedings to
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understand my reasoning for the sentence
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I am about to impose
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the imposition of sentence is one of the
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most difficult and significant decisions
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that any Criminal Court Judge is called
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upon to
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make our legislature sets the parameters
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for an authorized sentence but it is a
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judge that must decide what constitutes
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a just conclusion to a verdict of
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guilty a court has vested with broad
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discretion in determining what sources
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or evidence it may consider to arrive at
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an appropriate
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sentence in doing so the court must
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consider the facts of the case along
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with any aggravating or mitigating
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circumstances in my time on the bench
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I've been called upon to Grapple with
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this weighty responsibility for
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countless defendants who have been found
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guilty after trial for an assortment of
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offenses ranging from nonviolent classy
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felonies to the most heinous of crimes
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including
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homicides sex trafficking and child
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sexual
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abuse the task is always difficult and
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deserving of careful
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consideration whether the sentence be an
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unconditional discharge or incarceration
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of 25 years to
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life
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however never before has this court been
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presented with such a unique and
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remarkable set of
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circumstances indeed it can be viewed
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fairly
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that this has been a truly extraordinary
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case there was unprecedented media
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attention public interest and heightened
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security involving various
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agencies and yet the trial was a bit of
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a paradox because once the courtroom
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doors were
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closed the trial itself was no more
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special unique or extraordinary than the
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other 32 criminal trials that took place
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in this courthouse at the same exact
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time
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jury selection was
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conducted the same Rules of Evidence
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were followed opening statements were
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made Witnesses called and
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cross-examined evidence presented
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summations delivered the same burden of
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proof was supplied and a jury made up of
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ordinary citizens delivered a
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verdict and it was all conducted
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pursuant to the rules of procedure and
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guided by the
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law of course
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part of what made it feel somewhat
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ordinary was the outstanding work
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preparation and professionalism of the
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clerks Court officers court reporters
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security personnel and the entire staff
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of this building who did their jobs as
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they would with any other criminal
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trial so while one can argue that the
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trial itself was in many respects
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somewhat
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ordinary the same cannot be said about
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the C circumstances surrounding this
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sentencing and that is because of the
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office you once occupied and which you
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will soon occupy
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again to be sure it is the legal
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protections afforded to the Office of
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the President of the United States that
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are
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extraordinary not the occupant of the
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office the legal protections especially
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within the context of a criminal
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prosecution afforded to the office of
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the president have been laid out by our
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Founders the
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Constitution and most recently
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interpreted by the United States Supreme
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Court in the matter of Trump versus the
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United States which was decided on July
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1st
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2024 as with every other defendant in
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your position it is my obligation to
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consider any and all aggravating and
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mitigating factors to inform my
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decision some of those aggravating
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factors have already been articulated in
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my sandal ruling at the start of this
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trial and by my recent written decisions
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on December 16th and January
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3rd thus they not need not be repeated
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at this
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time however the considerable indeed
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extraordinary legal protections afforded
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by the office of the chief chief
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executive is a fact factor that
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overrides all
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others to be
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clear the protections afforded the
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Office of the President are not a
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mitigating
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Factor they do not reduce the
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seriousness seriousness of the crime or
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justify its Commission in any
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way the protections are however a legal
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mandate which pursuant to the rule of
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law this court must respect and and
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followed however despite the
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extraordinary breath of those
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protections one power they do not
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provide is the power to erase a jury
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verdict it is clear from legal
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president which until July 1st was
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scarce that Donald Trump the ordinary
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citizen Donald Trump the criminal
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defendant would not be entitled to such
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considerable protections
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I'm referring to protections that extend
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well beyond those afforded the average
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defendant who winds their way through
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the criminal justice system each
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day
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no ordinary citizens do not receive
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those legal
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protections it is the Office of the
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President that bestows those
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far-reaching protections to the office
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holder and it was the citizenry of this
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nation that recently decided that you
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should once again receive the benefits
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of those protections
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which include among other things the
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supremacy clause and presidential
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immunity it is through that
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lens and that reality that this court
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must determine a lawful
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sentence after careful analysis in
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obedience to governing mandates and
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pursuant to the rule of
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law this court has determined that the
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only lawful sentence that permits entry
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of a judgment of
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conviction without encroaching upon the
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highest surus in the land is an
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unconditional
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discharge which the New York State
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Legislature has determined is a lawful
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and permissible sentence for the crime
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of falsifying business records in the
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first
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degree therefore at this time I impose
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that sentence to cover all 34
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counts sir I wish you God's speed as you
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assume your second terminal office thank
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you bringing you needs in a more Digital
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Way
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