The president-elect announces that he will appeal and says he is confident that “justice will prevail,” while defending his innocence
MADRID, 10 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Supreme Court of the United States has rejected this Thursday the request of the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, to postpone the reading of the sentence scheduled for this Friday in the case of bribery of the former porn actress Stephanie Clifford, known as ‘Stormy Daniels ‘, just ten days before the president is inaugurated and despite the conservative majority of this court.
The decision has been made with five votes against the request and four in favor. Chief Justice John Roberts and conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett have joined the three liberals in denying the request. The four conservative justices, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, have been in favor of stopping the publication of the ruling.
According to the court, “the alleged evidentiary violations in Trump’s trial in state court can be addressed in the ordinary course of appeal,” while “the burden that the ruling will place on the president-elect’s responsibilities is relatively insubstantial at the time.” light of the trial court’s stated intent to impose a sentence of ‘unconditional release’ after a brief virtual hearing.”
Minutes later, Trump announced through his profile on the Truth Social social network that he will appeal and has stated that he trusts that “justice will prevail”, while he has defended his innocence: “There was no case against me. In other cases, In other words, I am innocent of all the false and invented charges by the judge.
“This was nothing more than the weaponization of our justice system against a political opponent. It’s called ‘lawfare,’ and nothing like this has ever happened in the United States, and it should never be allowed to happen again,” he said. declared.
Likewise, he has denounced that “this highly politicized and corrupt judge” has imposed a silence order on him that “takes away” his right to speak about “very important aspects of the case.” On the other hand, he has shown his gratitude for the “time and effort” of the US Supreme Court “to try to remedy the great injustice” that has been “done to him by the very conflictive ‘interim judge’, who should not have been allowed to judge this case”.
“The pathetic and dying remains of the witch hunt against me will not distract us as we unite and make America Great Again,” he said in reference to his MAGA (Make America Great Again) election campaign slogan.
Trump’s defense already requested the Supreme Court the day before to block the pending proceedings on these charges. The Court of Appeals and the judge leading the case, Juan Merchan, have already rejected this request.
Trump was convicted in April on a total of 34 charges, when he was not even confirmed as an official candidate for the White House. The judge held him responsible for falsifying documents to hide a payment of $130,000 to ‘Stormy Daniels’, whom he paid not to talk about an alleged extramarital relationship.