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Experts doubt Trump will get conviction tossed in "hush money" case despite Supreme Court ruling
CBSN
Six years after the Manhattan District Attorney's Office began an investigation that resulted in Donald Trump becoming the first former president ever convicted of a crime, the case continues to be beset by extraordinary curveballs.
The latest is Monday's landmark Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity that led to Tuesday's decision by the judge in his New York criminal case to postpone Trump's sentencing.
"That wasn't just a curve, that was a 12-6 breaking ball," said Michael Cohen, Trump's ex-attorney who was a key witness in the case against him, referring to a baseball pitch that befuddles hitters when it sharply drops.
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