The New York judge overseeing Donald Trump's hush money case in Manhattan is set to decide Friday — not Thursday, as expected — whether to grant the former president another delay in sentencing.
According to Politico's Kyle Cheney, a letter from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office submitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit stated, "Earlier today, the People informed the Court that the judge presiding over defendant's state criminal case intended to issue a decision today on defendant's request to adjourn sentencing. The judge has now informed the parties that the decision will be rendered tomorrow, September 6, 2024."
Trump was convicted earlier this year on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
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Prosecutors working for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Trump concealed the nature of the payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels, to cover up a scheme to interfere with the 2016 presidential election.
Sentencing was initially set to take place days before the Republican National Convention, but it was pushed back to Sept. 18, in part to give Trump time to argue that some evidence used to convict him was impermissible under the recent Supreme Court decision granting presidents a presumption of immunity for official acts. So far, courts have not bought the argument that the case applies here.
Justice Juan Merchan faces a tense dilemma over whether to continue with the existing date or push it back further, but people who have worked with him express confidence he will make a decision unaffected by politics.
