NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – A New York judge on Friday delayed Donald Trump’s sentencing in his Manhattan criminal hush money case until after the 2024 presidential election.
In a four-page decision, State Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan moved sentencing in the felony case back to Nov. 26—a few weeks after Election Day on Nov. 5.
Sentencing had been scheduled for Sept. 18, about seven weeks before Election Day.
Merchan emphasized the sentencing would come “if necessary,” as he is still weighing a defense request to overturn the verdict on immunity grounds. In his order Friday, the judge delayed a decision on that until Nov. 12.
On Tuesday, a federal judge rejected Trump’s request to have the U.S. District Court in Manhattan seize the case from Merchan’s state court. Had they been successful, the former president’s lawyers said they would have then sought to have the verdict overturned and the case dismissed on immunity grounds.
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