Hush money affair
Trump guilty verdict postponed due to election victory
The US judiciary's decision on whether or not to drop the case against future US President Donald Trump over the hush money payment to a porn actress was postponed on Tuesday. His election victory should put an end to the Republican's extensive legal problems.
New York judge Juan Merchan postponed the decision until November 19, according to an email sent by the court to the parties to the case.
Trump's lawyers had requested that Trump's conviction and thus also the pending sentencing be annulled. They referred to a decision by the Supreme Court in July, which had granted Trump and all presidents in general far-reaching protection against criminal prosecution.
At the end of May, the former president was found guilty by the New York jury of falsifying business documents in order to cover up the hush money payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels. This makes him the first ex-US president in history to be convicted of a criminal offense.
His sentence has yet to be announced. It has been postponed several times and is now scheduled for November 26. Even if Judge Merchan refuses to dismiss the case, it is questionable since Trump's election victory whether he will still be sentenced in the case.
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