A New York judge will delay sentencing President-elect Donald Trump for his hush money conviction as the president-elect fights to have the conviction overturned.

A hearing was scheduled for Nov. 26, but that was canceled. Judge Juan Merchan is now giving Trump’s team until Dec. 2 to file a motion to drop the charges. Prosecutors have until December 9 to submit their response.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has indicated he is open to suspending sentence on the charges if and when Trump’s legal team follows suit. But Bragg’s office opposed dropping the conviction altogether.

Merchan was due to hear arguments earlier this month following the Supreme Court’s July 1 ruling that presidents are not subject to criminal prosecution for official acts taken in office. Although the Supreme Court did not define “official acts,” Trump’s lawyers say the conviction should be overturned in light of the Supreme Court’s decision.

The hearing was expected to take place more than five months after Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.

His conviction remains in question after Trump’s victory in the presidential election. The sentencing faced several delays, primarily due to the Supreme Court’s ruling on immunity. It faced continuous delays because Merchan did not want to hold the hearing right before the presidential election.

In May, a jury found Trump guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records in his trial in New York, making him the first US president to be convicted of a crime. During the six-week trial, prosecutors alleged that Trump falsified records to hide damaging stories, including an alleged affair with porn star Stormy Daniels, before the 2016 presidential election.

The criminal trial in New York was the first of four criminal battles for Trump. He faces federal charges in Florida for tampering with classified documents. He has also been indicted in Washington, DC, for allegedly engaging in a conspiracy to undermine the 2020 presidential election. In Georgia, Trump also faces charges of alleged election interference. But all of these cases will likely be eliminated once Trump takes office on January 20, 2025.

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