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President’s attorneys resurrect legal arguments to overturn jury’s verdict in a case that was ‘fatally marred’

Trump’s attorneys will argue to move the case from New York criminal court to federal jurisdiction

Donald Trump has become America’s first convicted felon president after a New York state court formally sentenced him on January 10 over 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal. However, this is no win for the rule of law. Trump’s constant attempts to delegitimise and…

At many points, it looked as if he never would be sentenced. That he was sentenced to nothing, then, is itself a small victory

Well, this is one for the history books. Donald Trump has managed to turn a 34-felony conviction into basically a legal participation trophy.

Trump’s absence was felt in the New York courtroom, and on video it wasn’t the outlandish display many might have expected

The supreme court order may also be a harbinger of what awaits the US over the next four years: litigation that again divides the judiciary and the nation

Former President Donald Trump sentenced to unconditional discharge in hush money case, avoiding jail time. Legal battles and appeals follow.

President-elect gets unconditional discharge for hush-money conviction – a rare sentence that cements impunity