Alvin Bragg, President Trump (Getty Images); Juan Merchan (Law)
Judge Juan Merchan on Friday delayed Trump’s November 26 sentencing in Alvin Bragg’s lawfare ‘hush money’ case indefinitely.
Merchan gave Trump’s lawyers until December 2 to file a motion to dismiss.
Trump previously asked the judge to overturn the conviction or toss out the case.
ABC News reported:
New York Judge Juan Merchan has delayed President-elect Donald Trump’s Nov. 26 sentencing date in his criminal hush money case, according to a brief order issued Friday.
The judge is allowing the defense to file a motion to dismiss the case, which he said is due by Dec. 2.
The judge provided no new sentencing date after adjourning the original Nov. 26 date.
Earlier this year Trump was convicted on all 34 felony counts after he was accused of paying porn star Stormy Daniels, AKA, Stephanie Clifford, ‘hush payments’ through his then-attorney Michael Cohen in a scheme to silence her and stop the story about their alleged affair from being published in the National Enquirer.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg alleged Trump committed fraud because the payment was labeled “legal fees.”
Bragg’s prosecutors earlier this week told Judge Merchan Trump’s sentencing should be postponed, but that they would fight his efforts to dismiss the case.
“Given the need to balance competing constitutional interests, consideration must be given to various non-dismissal options that may address any concerns raised by the pendency of a post-trial criminal proceeding during the presidency, such as deferral of all remaining criminal proceedings until after the end of Defendant’s upcoming presidential term,” the prosecutors said in a filing, according to NBC News.
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