Sentencing in President-elect Trump’s hush money case indefinitely postponed
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🗓️ 23 November 2024
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President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing in his New York hush money case is indefinitely on hold and the judge will weigh tossing it completely.
Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is Trump’s pick for ambassador to Israel – a big win for Christian Zionists. Liam Adams, who covers religion for The Tennessean explains.
Students in Texas will be taught with reading lesson materials that prominently include stories from the Bible.
Trump has vowed to reverse what he calls Joe Biden’s “woke takeover” of Washington. USA Today Senior Reporter Jessica Guynn explains how diversity, equity and inclusion will change.
And finally, people are turning to Reddit for real estate advice. And it’s pretty uplifting to see.
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| 0:12.8 | Good morning. I'm Sarah Gannum, filling in for Taylor Wilson. |
| 0:16.7 | Today is Saturday, November 23, 2024. |
| 0:20.1 | This is the excerpt. |
| 0:22.3 | Today, sentencing in President-elect Donald Trump's New York hush money case is indefinitely on hold. |
| 0:28.9 | Plus, Mike Huckabee will be Trump's ambassador to Israel, why Christian nationalists are happy about it. |
| 0:35.0 | And can Reddit make buying a home a little more pleasant? |
| 0:41.9 | President-elect Donald Trump was set to be sentenced next Tuesday in his New York hush money case. |
| 0:47.4 | But in the wake of his re-election, the court date has been canceled. A one-page order from the judge |
| 0:53.0 | directed Trump to file his formal motion to have |
| 0:56.3 | the case dismissed. Trump's attorneys have said they plan to ask for the entire case to be thrown out |
| 1:01.9 | in order to facilitate the transfer of presidential power. A spokesperson for Trump called this a, |
| 1:08.0 | quote, decisive win, unquote. However, there's still a lot at play. The judge has to |
| 1:13.5 | consider Trump's request to throw out the case, weighing a recent Supreme Court ruling on presidential |
| 1:19.0 | immunity. And then, if any charges still stand, the judge will set a sentencing date, likely after |
| 1:25.5 | Trump has left office. Trump was convicted in May of 34 felony |
| 1:29.9 | counts of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels, |
| 1:36.4 | ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Daniels has alleged that she and Trump had a sexual |
| 1:42.3 | encounter back in 2006. Trump has denied her claim. |
| 1:47.0 | Earlier this week, President-elect Donald Trump picked Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee to be his ambassador to Israel. |
| 1:56.0 | In Christian Zionist circles, this is very good news. Here to discuss why, I'm joined by religion reporter Liam Adams, who works with the Tennessean, part of the USA Today Network. |
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