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NewYork Judge Juan Merchan indefinitely postponed President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush-money case Friday following a joint motion from prosecutors and Trump’s defense team. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has already announced that he will contest the defense’s dismissal request. .”
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State , written by Judge Tyler Buller and joined by Judges Julie Schumacher and John Sandy: Cue's … application for postconviction relief … cited NewYork State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n v. Second, existing Iowa law requires us to reject the claim. Sloven, Assistant Attorney General, represents the state.
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.” It then accuses Biden and his counsel as outright lying to the court: “In his motion, in multiple places, the defendant falsely states that DOJ ‘inexplicably demanded Mr. Biden plead guilty to felonies with jail time.’ ” The rest of the filing is equally devastating. Motion at 13. Special Counsel Opposition
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