Trump hush money prosecutors agree to sentencing delay
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON -Donald Trump's July 11 sentencing on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star may be delayed after prosecutors said on Tuesday they don't object to giving the former U.S. president a chance to argue he should have been immune from prosecution.
Any delay of sentencing would lift the specter of Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, facing possible confinement just days before the Republican National Convention begins in Milwaukee on July 15. In their letter to Merchan, Trump's lawyers argued that prosecutors had presented evidence stemming from Trump's official acts while president during his trial on charges of covering up his former lawyer Michael Cohen's $130,000 payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
Trump pleaded not guilty and has vowed to appeal his May 30 conviction — the first-ever criminal trial of a U.S. president, past or present — after sentencing. Those posts included tweets from April 21, 2018, in which Trump called Cohen"a fine person with a wonderful family" and predicted he would not"flip."
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