The sentencing date for Donald Trump in the case involving bribery of an adult film actress has been postponed until September 18, according to a court document released on Tuesday (2).
The sentencing had previously been scheduled for July 11, just days before the Republican National Convention begins on July 15.
Trump is expected to be the Republican Party’s nominee to challenge Democratic President Joe Biden in the November 5 election.
The former president faces an uphill battle to overturn his conviction, as much of the action he is accused of predated his time in the White House.
Trump’s lawyers on Monday asked Judge Juan Merchan to allow them to argue that his conviction should be overturned because of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that presidents are entitled to immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts.
Officials in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office said Trump’s argument was “without merit” but agreed to delay sentencing to give the former president a chance to make his case.
Remember the case
On May 30, a Manhattan, New York jury found Donald Trump guilty of falsifying business records to cover up a $130,000 payment made by his former lawyer Michael Cohen to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
The payment was allegedly intended to silence Daniels until after the 2016 election about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump in 2006.
In the 2016 presidential election, Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Prosecutors noted that the payment was part of an illicit scheme to influence the election.
Trump denies having sex with Daniels and has vowed to appeal his conviction after his sentencing.
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Source: CNN Brasil
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