The impact of Donald Trump’s reelection continues to be felt vis-a-vis his legal matters, including the Manhattan criminal case in which he was found guilty on 34 felony counts in May.
On Tuesday, Judge Juan Merchan, who presided over the trial, was expected to issue a ruling regarding the presidential immunity issue raised by Trump’s legal team after the Supreme Court’s decision on the issue in July.
Rather than issue a substantive ruling, Merchan postponed his ruling by a week in response to a joint request for a stay by Alvin Bragg’s office and Trump’s attorneys, indicating he now intends to rule on November 19.
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge is postponing a decision on whether to undo President-elect Donald Trump’s conviction in his hush money case because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity.
New York Judge Juan M. Merchan had been…
