Judge delays ruling on whether to scrap Trump's conviction in hush money case
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A judge has postponed a decision on whether to undo President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction as prosecutors consider how to proceed in light of last week’s election and his lawyers argue for dismissal so he can run the country.

A judge is due to decide Tuesday whether to undo President-elect Donald Trump’s conviction in his hush money case because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity.

New York Judge Juan M. Merchan, who presided over Trump’s historic trial, is now tasked with deciding whether to toss out the jury verdict and order a new trial — or even dismiss the charges altogether. The judge’s ruling also could speak to whether the former and now future commander-in-chief will be sentenced as scheduled Nov. 26.

The Republican won back the White House a week ago but the legal question concerns his status as a past president, not an impending one.

  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
    10·
    6 days ago

    He can’t make this one disappear. The President can’t pardon state charges. This is completely up to Judge Merchan.

    • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
      8·
      5 days ago

      If he does the right thing, how long will it take for Trump to order that Merchan be arrested?

        • wanderingmagus@lemm.ee
          3·
          5 days ago

          I wonder how long the judge will maintain his sanity after disappearing into solitary as an “enemy of the state”, and whether this will give him any comfort as he is beaten and waterboarded for funsies.