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The judge overseeing Donald Trumpâs historic hush money trial has postponed his sentencing indefinitely as he considered arguments from his legal team to toss the case altogether.
New York Justice Juan Merchan will hear legal briefs from Trumpâs attorneys who claim that a conviction and sentencing of the president-elect will disrupt the âorderly transition of executive powerâ and be âuniquely destabilizingâ to the country.
Trumpâs sentencing date was postponed to November 26. That date is now off the calendar.
Instead, Judge Merchan has asked Trumpâs attorneys to file their arguments by December 2, according to a filing in Manhattan criminal court on Friday.
Manhattan prosecutors will have until December 9 to reply.
The judge also is not accepting any other reply briefs on the matter, meaning he could render a decision relatively quickly, despite the months of delays demanded by Trumpâs attorneys following the former presidentâs conviction on 34 felony counts on May 30.
This is a developing story
