Marie Pohl is a published author and freelance contributor. She covers courts…
In 2006, this author traveled from Berlin to Jefferson County, Iowa to interview the iconic director at Maharishi Vedic City, a mecca for adherents of Transcendental Meditation.
President Trump’s sometime personal attorney had been under siege to surrender his homes and personal treasures after a jury found him liable for defaming two election workers in Georgia.
Judge Juan Merchan released the president-elect on an ‘unconditional discharge’ which means he receives no punishment for the 34 felony convictions.
The court votes 5-4 to reject President Trump’s appeal, saying that the expected ‘unconditional discharge’ of the sentence would impose an ‘unsubstantial’ burden on the new president.
Thursday’s ruling, by a Democratic judge, is the third denial this week for President Trump, who is seeking to avoid being formally enshrined as a convicted felon just ten days before his inauguration.
The judge presiding over the case, Juan Merchan, has set sentencing for Friday, just ten days before the inauguration.
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