Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has agreed to delay President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing on his conviction on charges related to hush money paid to a porn star — while a judge decides whether to toss the case entirely due to Trump’s election win.
The prosecutor’s decision, made public on Tuesday, makes it highly likely that Trump, 78, will re-enter the White House in January largely unscathed from the four criminal cases that at one time threatened to derail his candidacy.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan is expected to approve pausing Trump’s sentencing, which had been scheduled for Nov. 26, after Trump’s lawyers — who are pressing for the conviction to be reversed entirely — weigh in on the matter later Tuesday.
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