Judge Cancels Trump's Hush Money Trial Sentencing
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The president-elect had been set for sentencing next week.
The judge overseeing President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money trial on Friday canceled the sentencing hearing that had been set for Nov. 26 without immediately setting a new date.
The decision, which had been expected, allows Trump’s team more time to argue why the case should be fully dismissed.
Trump was found guilty on all 34 felony counts in May, but his election to a second presidential term pushed the already unprecedented case further into uncharted waters.
The brief order issued by New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan set new deadlines: Trump’s team has until Dec. 2 to file its brief on dismissal, and prosecutors have until Dec. 9 to file theirs.
Merchan had been expected to already weigh in on how the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent presidential immunity decision affected the case, but, after Trump was elected, he postponed that. The Supreme Court decision, handed down in July, stated that presidents enjoy broad immunity from criminal prosecution for actions they take as part of their official duties.
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