Donald Trump ‘s sentencing in his New York hush money case has been called off as the court decides how to move forward. According to a short court note, the sentencing scheduled for later this month on November 26 has been indefinitely ‘adjourned.’
It comes as Trump’s defense team and Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg are back in court. Bragg had a November 19 deadline to make the case for how the case against the president-elect should proceed.
Last week, Judge Juan Merchan pushed back a decision on whether the Supreme Court ‘s historic presidential immunity decision applies to the case where the president-elect was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records to silence star Stormy Daniels in 2016. Merchan had been expected to make a decision on the Trump team’s argument that the former president’s conduct was entitled to immunity protections following the ruling.
Trump was facing up to four years in jail, although many experts say the first time offender was unlikely to get jail time even before his stunning election sweep. Attorneys for the president-elect had argued that the the case should be dismissed outright. Prosecutor Matthew Colangelo wrote the judge last week asking for the delay and noting the ‘impact on this proceeding from the results of the Presidential election .’