Trump’s hush money sentencing postponed after ruling he has broad presidential immunity
Former President Donald Trump’s sentencing in his criminal hush money case has been delayed after a Supreme Court ruling that he has broad immunity from prosecution.
Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the hush money case, has postponed Trump’s sentencing from July 11 to September 18 in order to weigh whether the high court’s ruling could imperil the ex-president’s conviction.
The judge’s decision on Tuesday, a day after the immunity ruling, is a setback for the historic case that saw the first felony conviction of a former or current US president.
Trump was scheduled to be sentenced just four days before the Republican National Convention, in which he is expected to be officially nominated as the GOP’s candidate for president.
He faces a sentence ranging from probation to several weeks to up to four years in prison, after a New York jury found him guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records around a $130,000 payment to silence a porn star on an alleged affair.
While Merchan agreed to postpone Trump’s sentencing hearing, he may not find a reason to overturn the jury’s verdict.
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