The postponement was met with a declaration of "victory" from Trump, marking a significant moment in the ongoing legal saga.
According to The Post Millennial, Judge Merchan's Decision and Order stated, "Defendant's request for leave to file a motion to dismiss pursuant to Criminal Procedure Law is GRANTED; and it is further ORDERED that the joint request for a motion schedule is GRANTED." He also "ORDERED that the joint application for a stay of sentencing is GRANTED to the extent that the November 26, 2024, date is adjourned." The judge added that his decision on the Supreme Court's immunity ruling's impact on the case would not be released until the Defendant and Prosecutor submit their paperwork, post-December 2.
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This development means that Trump will not face sentencing for the 34 felony convictions Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg secured against him. These charges stemmed from the entry of documents into bookkeeping records and the signing of checks for payments to Trump's then-lawyer Michael Cohen, both before and after the 2020 presidential election. It is alleged that Cohen used these funds to pay porn star Stormy Daniels, under the agreement that she would remain silent about an alleged affair with Trump before his political career.
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Bragg's 34 charges against Trump argued that the falsification of business records, typically prosecuted as a misdemeanor, were felonies in this case as they were in service to a larger, unnamed felony crime. A Manhattan jury was instructed that they did not need to agree on the nature of the felony crimes to deliver a guilty verdict, which they did.
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Before Judge Merchan could deliver a sentence, the Supreme Court intervened on the question of presidential immunity, raised by Trump's legal team in a separate federal case against him. The Court ruled that presidents have immunity for actions committed as part of their official acts in office. Consequently, the cases against Trump at the federal level, prosecuted by DOJ special prosecutor Jack Smith, were returned to the courts to determine which acts fell under presidential immunity and were therefore not prosecutable.
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The case involving classified documents, presided over by Judge Aileen Cannon in Florida, was dismissed entirely. Despite Smith's efforts to keep it active, he was unsuccessful. In his J6 case against Trump, Smith initially argued that the alleged crimes were not protected by immunity. However, he has since begun wrapping up that case with the intention of ending it without a judicial conclusion.
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Judge Merchan has yet to make his ruling on the immunity aspect, and the Georgia case has encountered a roadblock due to alleged conflicts of interest with the prosecuting DA. Consequently, the hearing scheduled in that matter has also been indefinitely postponed. This series of events underscores the complex and often unpredictable nature of legal proceedings, particularly those involving high-profile figures such as President-elect Trump.
