NEW YORK (NewsNation) — A day after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled former President Donald Trump has immunity from prosecution for official acts, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday it is open to delaying the sentencing in Trump’s New York hush money case until July 24.
Trump’s original sentencing was scheduled for July 11, but Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office said in a letter filed Tuesday that prosecutors were open to delaying it for up to two weeks.
“Although we believe the defendant’s arguments to be without merit, we do not oppose his request for leave to file and his putative request to adjourn sentencing pending determination of his motion,” the statement said.
The response came a day after Trump’s attorneys requested the sentencing be delayed so the court could weigh how the Supreme Court’s decision could influence the New York hush money case.
At the end of May, the former president was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in an attempt to keep information from voters ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
