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Donald Trump’s sentencing in his New York hush money case has been officially postponed.
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The verdict in the criminal case was scheduled for November 26.
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The judge overseeing the case also granted Trump’s request to file a motion to dismiss.
The planned sentencing of newly-elected President Donald Trump in his criminal case in New York will not take place next week, a judge in Manhattan ruled on Friday.
The verdict in the hush money case of the former and future president was scheduled for November 26.
New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, in his ruling, granted a stay of sentencing as well as Trump’s request to file a motion to dismiss the case.
Merchan ordered that Trump’s motion be filed by December 2 and that prosecutors must respond by December 9.
“In a decisive victory for President Trump, the Manhattan hoax case has now been fully stayed and sentencing postponed,” Steven Cheung, Trump spokesman and incoming White House communications director, told Business Insider.
“President Trump has won a landslide victory as the American people have issued a mandate to return him to office and rid himself of all vestiges of the Witch Hunt business,” he added. “All feint attacks on President Trump have now been quashed and we are focused on Making America Great Again.”
Trump was convicted by a Manhattan jury in May of 34 felonies for falsifying company records to cover up a $130,000 hush money payment to the adult film actor. Stormy Daniels.
Since Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election, his sentencing date had been put on hold while his lawyers argued for his dismissal.
In a court filing last week, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg agreed to delay Trump’s sentencing but made clear his office would fight to keep the case alive.
Bragg wrote in the petition filed with the judge that a “non-dismissal option” would be to delay sentencing “until after the end of defendant’s upcoming presidential term.”
“The People believe that the Court should prepare a motion schedule for Defendant’s upcoming motion to dismiss, which the People intend to oppose,” the document read, adding: “The People deeply respect the Office of the President, is aware of the demands and obligations of the presidency, and recognize that the inauguration of the defendant will raise unprecedented legal questions.”
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