Trump gets permission to seek dismissal of hush money case

NEW YORK — 

A New York justice connected Friday granted Donald Trump support to question dismissal of the transgression lawsuit successful which helium was convicted successful May of 34 felony counts involving hush wealth paid to a porn prima successful airy of his triumph successful the November 5 U.S. statesmanlike election.

New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan formally delayed the sentencing of Trump, which had been scheduled to instrumentality spot Tuesday. Prosecutors with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's bureau this week asked Merchan to see deferring each proceedings successful the lawsuit until aft Trump, 78, finishes his four-year statesmanlike term, which begins connected January 20.

Lawyers for Trump, a Republican, person argued that the lawsuit indispensable beryllium dismissed due to the fact that having it loom implicit him portion helium is president would origin "unconstitutional impediments" to his quality to govern.

Bragg's bureau said it would reason against dismissal, but helium agreed that Trump deserves clip to marque his lawsuit done written motions.

Merchan connected Friday acceptable a December 2 deadline for Trump to record his question to disregard and gave prosecutors until December 9 to respond. The justice did not acceptable a caller day for sentencing oregon bespeak however agelong proceedings would stay connected hold. Merchan besides did not bespeak erstwhile helium would regularisation connected Trump's question to dismiss.

Representatives for Trump's run and for Bragg's bureau did not instantly respond to requests for comment.

The lawsuit stemmed from a $130,000 outgo Trump's erstwhile lawyer Michael Cohen made to big movie histrion Stormy Daniels for her soundlessness earlier the 2016 predetermination astir a intersexual brushwood she has said she had a decennary earlier with Trump, who denies it.

A Manhattan assemblage recovered Trump blameworthy of falsifying concern records to screen up his reimbursement of Cohen. It was the archetypal clip a U.S. president — erstwhile oregon sitting — had been convicted of oregon charged with a transgression offense.

Trump pleaded not blameworthy successful the case, which helium has sought to represent arsenic a politically motivated effort by Bragg, a Democrat, to interfere with his campaign.