Posted on 11/19/24
| News Source: FOX News
Donald Trump's sentencing for 34 criminal charges in the state of New York was abruptly adjourned by the court Tuesday without explanation, giving the presiding judge additional time to weigh how to proceed.
The delayed sentencing came on the same day that District Attorney Alvin Bragg was slated to file a recommendation to Judge Juan Merchan on how to proceed.
Trump was convicted in May by a Manhattan jury on 34 counts of falsifying business records, stemming from a case about payments made [...], which could have landed him a maximum sentence of up to four years in prison.
But the presidential race — and Trump’s victory — had thrown the timeline for court proceedings into a fog of uncertainty.
The presiding judge in the New York case, Judge Juan Merchan, granted a request from prosecutors earlier this month to stay all deadlines associated with the New York case, including a planned sentencing date of Nov. 26, in wake of Trump's election victory.
"The People agree that these are unprecedented circumstances," prosecutor Matthew Colangelo said in their request, which he added would allow for prosecutors to better evaluate the impact of his election as president.
Trump's attorneys, who have pushed to vacate the charges against him completely, also backed the stay.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in July that presidents should enjoy presumptive immunity from criminal prosecution for most actions taken as president, further complicating the path forward in the New York case.