Trump Hush Money Sentencing Delayed Until After Election
Donald Trump’s sentencing in his New York hush money case has been delayed until Nov. 26 — after the US election — instead of Sept. 18 as originally planned. #trump #politics #newyork #crime
In granting Trump’s request for the delay, New York Judge Juan Merchan allows the former president and Republican nominee to avoid legal repercussions of his May 30 conviction before voters head to the polls.
“This is not a decision this court makes lightly, but it is the decision which in this court’s view, best advances the interests of justice,” Merchan said in the ruling. Trump’s lawyers had argued that sentencing was “election interference.”
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