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The newspaper La Jornada
Saturday, September 7, 2024, p. 22
New York Judge Juan Merchan postponed until November 26 the hearing in which former US President Donald Trump will be sentenced for the case of hidden payments to former porn actress Stormy Daniels, which was scheduled for November 18. The witch hunt in Manhattan has been postponed, because everyone realizes there is no case. I did nothing wrong!wrote the presidential candidate on his Truth Social network. This case should be closedYesterday, the tycoon had to attend a hearing, in which his lawyers fought to overturn a verdict in which he was found guilty of sexual abuse and defamation against the writer and columnist E. Jean Carrol. This case is a classic example of implausible accusations supported by highly inflammatory and inadmissible evidence.said the Republican’s lawyer, D. John Saue. Carroll’s lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, said the evidence was clear. Trump sexually assaulted her in 1996 in the dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman and then defamed her in 2022 by saying she had made it all up.
