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The newspaper La Jornada
Friday, August 16, 2024, p. 25

New York, Nov. 19 (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s lawyers have asked the court to delay the announcement of his conviction for hiding money to buy the silence of a former porn star until after the November election. Todd Blanche argues that the planned announcement date of Sept. 18 does not give Trump enough time to potentially appeal the outcome of a separate Sept. 16 hearing on executive immunity stemming from a Supreme Court ruling. In a letter to the judge on Wednesday, Blanche also argued that There is no basis for further rushingapart from those not specified spurious objectives of electoral interferenceIn May, Trump was found guilty by a New York jury of 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments to the then-porn star. Stormy Daniels, to prevent her from revealing an alleged extramarital affair. Trump is the first former US president to be convicted of a criminal offence.