A judge on Tuesday postponed Donald Trump’s sentencing in his New York hush money case as the former president seeks to have his conviction overturned following a Supreme Court ruling that granted him some immunity in a separate criminal case.
In a letter Tuesday afternoon, Judge Juan Merchan said he would resolve Trump’s motion to set aside the verdict on Sept. 6. He postponed Trump’s sentencing, “if such is still necessary,” until Sept. 18.
Trump’s lawyers launched their effort to get the verdict tossed out just hours after the Supreme Court’s Monday ruling, which said Trump is immune from criminal prosecution for some official acts in his federal election interference case in Washington.
Manhattan prosecutors said Tuesday that it doesn’t oppose a delay in sentencing while the court works through Trump’s motion.
Trump’s New York case was likely the only one of his four criminal cases to go to trial before the November election. He had been due for sentencing on July 11, four days before he is expected to be nominated for president at the Republican National Convention.
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