Donald Trump’s lawyers have sent a letter to the New York judge in his hush money criminal case seeking permission to file a motion to set aside his guilty verdict. The letter to Judge Juan M. Merchan cites the U.S. Supreme Court’s Monday ruling on presidential immunity and asks the judge to delay Trump’s sentencing while he weighs the high court’s decision and how it could influence the hush money case. The Associated Press obtained the letter Monday night. The Republican ex-president's lawyers argue the Supreme Court’s decision confirms a defense position that prosecutors should have been precluded from introducing some evidence they said constituted official presidential acts.
