Judge Juan M. Merchan’s decision Friday grants Trump a hard-won reprieve as he navigates the aftermath of his criminal conviction and the homestretch of his presidential campaign.
By Michael R. Sisak, Associated PressFormer President Donald Trump, center, appears at Manhattan criminal court in his criminal hush money trial in New York, May 30, 2024.
NEW YORK — A judge agreed Friday to postpone Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case until after the November election, granting him a hard-won reprieve as he navigates the aftermath of his criminal conviction and the homestretch of his presidential campaign. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan, who is also weighing a defense request to overturn the verdict on immunity grounds, delayed Trump’s sentencing until Nov. 26, several weeks after the final votes are cast in the presidential election.Trump’s lawyers pushed for the delay on multiple fronts, petitioning the judge and asking a federal court to intervene.
Trump’s lawyers argued that delaying his sentencing until after the election would also allow him time to weigh next steps after Merchan rules on the defense’s request to reverse his conviction and dismiss the case because of the U.S. Supreme Court’s July presidential immunity ruling.A federal judge on Tuesday rejected Trump’s request to have the U.S. District Court in Manhattan to seize the case from Merchan’s state court.
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