Judge Won't Dismiss Trump Hush-Money Case, Rejects Immunity

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : Judge Grasso told the Sun over the phone, "we've got to come to some kind of definitive conclusion here so Trump can assume his powers as our president on January 20.""The two preferable options in my mind," Judge Grasso said, "under these circumstances would be to dismiss the case in the interest of justice or to sentence with an unconditional discharge...
45% : Mr. Bragg had alleged that in 2016 Trump's then-personal attorney Michael Cohen made a $130,000 hush-money payment to the adult film star Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, to buy her silence about her claim that she had a single sexual encounter with Trump at a celebrity golf tournament at Lake Tahoe in 2006.
42% : Should he decide to freeze the sentence, Trump will most likely appeal his decision.
37% : "Defendant identifies the following evidence as improperly received at trial: private communications with Hope Hicks ('Ms. Hicks') as White House Communications Director... the observations of Madeleine Westerhout ('Ms. Westerhout'), Director of Oval Office Operations, regarding Defendant's 'preferences and practices' in the Oval Office," the judge recalled in his decision, further citing Twitter posts and communications between Trump and Cohen "about the presidential pardon power.
33% : The Manhattan district attorney, who brought the case, Alvin Bragg, has indicated he's determined to continue prosecuting the case after Trump, who's term-limited, leaves the White House for good in 2029.
33% : Within hours of the landmark ruling, Trump's attorneys requested to dismiss the hush-money verdict and the indictment, arguing Mr. Bragg used evidence during the trial that stemmed from the time Trump served his first term as president.
32% : The Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, has expressed his determination to resume prosecuting Trump when he leaves office in 2029.
32% : The ruling keeps the criminal case against Trump alive, with just over a month to go before his inauguration.
31% : Ms. Hicks, who cried on the witness stand, told the jury about her conversation with Trump in the White House after The Wall Street Journal published a story about his alleged hush-money deal with Ms. Daniels.
26% : In May, a Manhattan jury found Trump guilty of 34 felony charges of falsification of business records in an alleged scheme to interfere with the 2016 election.
23% : Trump was scheduled to be sentenced on July 11.
21% : Trump denies all charges and says he never had sex with Ms. Clifford.
17% : Trump was accused of directing Cohen to wire the money to Ms. Clifford and then disguising his reimbursement to Cohen as a legal fee.

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