President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing for his hush money trial conviction has been postponed indefinitely, according to court records.
Judge Juan Merchan, the judge overseeing the case, also granted Trump’s lawyers’ requests to file a motion to dismiss the charges, Fox News Digital reports. Merchan said Trump attorneys have until Dec. 2 to file their motion for dismissal. The Manhattan district attorney's office has until Dec. 9 to respond. RELATED: Here's how many Americans think Trump should go to prisonTrump’s defense attorneys have urged the judge to scrap the case before Trump takes office in January.
Echoing their stance since Trump's win, his lawyers argued in a letter Wednesday that continuing with the case will interfere with the president-elect's preparations for returning to the White House and impede his ability to run the country.Trump was convicted in May of falsifying business records to cover up a scheme to influence the 2016 election by paying hush money to squelch a story of extramarital sex. Trump denies the allegations.
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