Judge Delays Ruling On Donald Trump’s Criminal Conviction And Sentencing

A New York judge has delayed ruling on whether Donald Trump‘s hush money conviction should be overturned in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity.

Judge Juan Merchan granted a stay of the current deadlines until Nov. 19, when prosecutors will spell out what they see as the “appropriate steps” going forward given Trump’s election victory.

Trump was found guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to hush money payments made to porn actress Stormy Daniels. Sentencing has been scheduled for Nov. 26.

Merchan had delayed sentencing until after the presidential election, but also so he could review a Supreme Court ruling that presidents could not be held criminally liable for official acts while in office. Even though the hush money payments were made to Daniels before Trump took office, his legal team claimed that some of the key evidence in the case was covered by presidential immunity. Prosecutors pushed back on that notion, as Trump’s efforts to conceal the hush money payments were related to his 2016 presidential campaign, not his presidency.