The sentencing of President-elect Donald Trump in New York for his criminal conviction for falsifying business records to conceal a hush money payment was indefinitely postponed by a judge Friday.
Trump was convicted by a Manhattan jury in May on 34 felony counts related to falsifying business records to conceal a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels in the final days of the 2016 election. Judge Juan Merchan agreed with the request by parties to commence filing motions to dismiss the case, adjourning the previously planned Nov. 26 sentencing date.
“It is further ordered that the joint application for a stay of sentencing is granted to the extent that the November 26, 2024, date is adjourned,” Merchan wrote in a brief order, while also setting a schedule for Trump’s dismissal motion in December.
Merchan also ordered Trump to file his formal motion asking for dismissal by Dec. 2 and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to respond by Dec. 9, and he will subsequently decide how to proceed.
Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law professor emeritus and a veteran appellate lawyer who worked for Trump during his first impeachment trial, told the Washington Examiner that the decision potentially sets forth the process for further appellate review if Trump’s motion to dismiss is denied.
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