Trump trial news: Trump is a felon—but now he won’t be sentenced before the election. Wait, what?
SlateThis is a special breaking news edition of Keeping Up With the Trump Trials. On Friday, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan officially decided that Trump’s sentencing will be postponed until Nov. 26—three weeks after the presidential election. Merchan had initially scheduled Trump’s sentencing for July 11, but 10 days before it was set to happen, the Supreme Court issued its bombshell presidential immunity decision. Merchan bumped Trump’s sentencing to Sept. 18 to allow the defense and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg time to consider how the high court’s decision might impact the verdict. They also filed a motion to dismiss Trump’s criminal conviction, arguing prosecutors violated the Supreme Court’s immunity decision by having Trump’s former White House aide Hope Hicks testify in front of the jury.