Good morning. It’s Wednesday. We’ll find out why today will be almost like any other Wednesday in Part 59 of State Supreme Court in Manhattan. We’ll also get details about the sex-trafficking and racketeering charges that the music mogul Sean Combs is facing.
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Today will be almost like a usual Wednesday in Part 59 of State Supreme Court in Manhattan.
During the seven-week hush-money trial of Donald Trump in Part 59, Wednesdays were a day off. It was a day when few reporters filed into Justice Juan Merchan’s courtroom, and few television camera crews jockeyed for positions outside the courthouse.
Merchan spent his Wednesdays attending to procedural matters involving other cases before him and presiding over Manhattan Mental Health Court, as he has done for 13 of his 17 years on the bench.
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SKIP ADVERTISEMENTBut weeks ago, Merchan scheduled Trump’s sentencing for this morning — a Wednesday. Then, citing the “unique time frame this matter currently finds itself in,” Merchan delayed Trump’s sentencing until Nov. 26.
The postponement left a hole in the calendar for this morning. But court will be in session this afternoon. Merchan will be dealing with procedural matters involving several defendants in a retail theft-and-fencing case, a three-year investigation by the state attorney general’s Organized Crime Task Force and the New York Police Department. The authorities accused more than 41 people in a scheme to steal designer clothing, cosmeticsslotastic, coffee and gift cards — and to resell them on eBay.