Trump sentencing in Stormy Daniels hush money case indefinitely delayed by NYC Judge Juan Merchan

President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing successful his transgression hush wealth lawsuit implicit a outgo to porn prima Stormy Daniels was indefinitely delayed Friday by authorities Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan.

In a little order, the Manhattan justice confirmed Trump’s sentencing would not spell up adjacent Tuesday and acceptable a caller docket to see arguments astir however to proceed successful airy of his predetermination win. 

Merchan ordered Trump’s lawyers to record their caller question to disregard the case by Dec. 2. He said the Manhattan territory attorney’s bureau indispensable respond by Dec. 9. 

The sentencing had not been expected to spell guardant adjacent week aft prosecutors and Trump’s lawyers jointly requested a hold of each deadlines successful the lawsuit pursuing Trump’s triumph successful the Nov. 5 statesmanlike election. Friday’s ruling formalizes the sentencing being adjourned. 

Trump’s lawyers previewed their upcoming question to get the lawsuit tossed successful a filing this week, arguing that the determination made by voters connected Election Day mattered much than that of the assemblage who recovered him blameworthy of felonies this year.

“Just arsenic a sitting president is wholly immune from immoderate transgression process, truthful excessively is President Trump arsenic president-elect,” Trump lawyers Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, who Trump has tapped for apical positions successful the Department of Justice, wrote.

In abstracted filings to the judge this week, prosecutors said they planned to combat Trump’s renewed efforts to get the verdict tossed but conceded Merchan whitethorn request to see pushing backmost sentencing until Trump is retired of bureau successful 2029.

Trump, 78, was recovered blameworthy of 34 felony counts of falsification of concern records connected May 30, stemming from his reimbursement to Michael Cohen for paying disconnected Daniels successful the leadup to the 2016 election. Jurors recovered it was portion of a strategy carried retired the twelvemonth earlier the predetermination that sought to fell unflattering accusation astir his past from voters.

The Manhattan DA’s bureau declined to comment. Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung, successful a statement, called the determination “a decisive triumph for President Trump.”