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Judge keeps Trump’s hush-money conviction in place and leaves Jan. 10 sentencing on the calendar
A New York judge rejected Donald Trump’s bid to wipe out his hush-money conviction after the election and left sentencing scheduled for Jan. 10.
Edition · January 4, 2025
The Daily Fuckup — January 4, 2025
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Closing take
For Trump, the problem was never just the sentence. It was the sentence of public record: a jury verdict, a judge refusing to erase it, and a presidential transition that could not un-ring the bell.
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