Judge Postpones Trump’s Hush Money Sentencing Until After The Election [Video]

After months of delays, a New York judge set a sentencing date Friday for former President Donald Trump, who was convicted in May of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal a hush money payment to a porn star in the waning days of the 2016 presidential election.

New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan set a new sentencing date for Nov. 26, after the 2024 presidential election.

Merchan explained his rationale in a letter to the legal counsel, acknowledging that sentencing a former president who’s currently seeking office again is “fraught with complexities.”

He decided to postpone the hearing, he said, to avoid any appearance of “giving advantage to, or to create a disadvantage for” Trump.

Merchan further emphasized he wanted “to avoid any appearance ― however unwarranted ― that the proceeding has been affected by or seeks to affect the approaching Presidential election in which the Defendant is a candidate.”

Trump seized on the …