Judge Juan Merchan indefinitely postponed the sentencing hearing in President-elect Donald Trump’s New York criminal case, which had been planned for next week, in light of Trump’s election.

Merchan is giving Trump’s legal team more than a week to file its motion asking for a dismissal under the argument that his return to office provides him a new host of immunity-related defenses.

Trump’s lawyers will be required to file by December 2, after which Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will have until December 9 to respond.&nbsp;

Trump was convicted in May on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to hush money payments made to adult-film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.

Trump’s team will now file a motion to dismiss under the argument that his election provides him a host of immunity-related defenses.{ai:summary}Judge Juan Merchan has postponed the sentencing hearing for President-elect Donald Trump in his New York criminal case, originally set for next week. Trump's legal team has until December 2 to file a motion for dismissal based on new immunity defenses related to his election.Trump was convicted in May on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records linked to hush money payments made to Stormy Daniels prior to the 2016 election. #politics

New York Judge Indefinitely Postpones Trump Hush-Money Sentencing, Will Consider Dismissing Case

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