Donald Trump, tsohon shugaban Amurka, ya fuskanci hukunci a kotun Manhattan a ranar 10 ga Janairu, 2024, bayan da aka same shi da laifin karya bayanan kasuwanci. Hukuncin ya zo ne kwanaki kafin shi karbi ragamar mulki a matsayin shugaban Amurka a karo na biyu.
Kotun ta yanke hukuncin ne bayan shari’ar da ta shafe makonni takwas, inda aka samu Trump da laifin karya bayanan kasuwanci guda 34. Laifukan sun shafi biyan dala 130,000 ga tsohuwar mai ba shi shawara ta hanyar tsohon lauyansa, Michael Cohen, domin rufe labarin dangantakar jima’i da tsohuwar jarumar fim din, Stormy Daniels.
Alkalin kotun, Juan Merchan, ya yanke hukuncin cewa Trump ba zai fuskantar wani hukunci na kudi, ko kuma zaman gidan yari ba. Hukuncin da aka yanke shi ne ‘unconditional discharge’, wanda ke nufin cewa ba a ba shi wani hukunci na zahiri ba, amma har yanzu ana daukar shi a matsayin wanda aka samu da laifi.
Trump ya yi ikirarin cewa shari’ar ba ta da tushe kuma ya ce zai daukaka kara. A cikin wani sakon da ya aika ta hanyar shafinsa na Truth Social, ya ce shari’ar ta kasance ‘wani abin kunya’ kuma ya yi iƙirarin cewa ya samu nasara a zaben 2024.
Mai gabatar da kara, Joshua Steinglass, ya bayyana cewa Trump ya yi amfani da matsayinsa na shugaban kasa don yin tasiri ga shari’ar. Ya kuma bayyana cewa Trump ya yi amfani da maganganunsa wajen yin tada hankali ga jama’a game da tsarin shari’a.
Alkalin kotun, Juan Merchan, ya bayyana cewa hukuncin da ya yanke ya kasance ‘mafi dacewa’ a cikin yanayin da ba a taba ganin irinsa ba. Ya kuma ce hukuncin bai shafi matsayin Trump na shugaban kasa ba.
