Prosecutors suggest sparing Trump prison sentence in hush money case

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45% : In their filing, prosecutors repeated their suggestion that Merchan defer all proceedings - including the sentencing - until Trump leaves the White House in January 2029.
41% : Prosecutors say Trump deserves "temporary accommodations"*They call wiping out a jury's verdict an extreme remedyBy Luc CohenNEW YORK, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Prosecutors have suggested to a New York judge the possibility of sparing Donald Trump any prison time for his conviction on charges involving hush money paid to a porn star in light of his U.S. presidential election victory, but opposed dismissing the case.
33% : "The prosecutors wrote that while Trump should receive "temporary accommodations" to make sure the case does not interfere with his presidency, wiping out the jury's verdict would represent an "extreme remedy.
27% : A Manhattan jury in May found Trump, 78, guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up his reimbursement of Cohen.
26% : Before his Nov. 5 election victory, legal experts told Reuters it was unlikely that Trump would be sentenced to prison due to his lack of a criminal history and advanced age, but that incarceration was not impossible.
26% : The U.S. Supreme Court in July ruled in a separate criminal case involving Trump that presidents have broad immunity from criminal prosecution for official actions taken in office, and that evidence of official acts could not be used in prosecuting a president over personal acts.
26% : "Trump was charged in three other state and federal criminal cases in 2023, one involving classified documents he kept after leaving office and two others involving his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss.
19% : Merchan last month delayed Trump's previously scheduled Nov. 26 sentencing indefinitely to give him the chance to seek dismissal.
14% : Trump's lawyers have argued that meant the case should be dismissed because prosecutors used statements that Trump made while president and testimony from his White House aides.
13% : The case stemmed from a $130,000 payment that Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels for her silence before the 2016 election about a sexual encounter she has said she had a decade earlier with Trump, who denies it.

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