New York judge indefinitely delays Trump sentencing

New York Acting Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan on Friday morning delayed President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing hearing for his business fraud conviction. Trump was previously scheduled to be sentenced on Tuesday, Nov. 26. Merchan outlined his decision in a one-page document but did not set a new date for sentencing. Earlier this week, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg declined to drop Trump’s conviction. His inauguration is scheduled for Jan. 20.

Did Merchan decide anything else in the filing? Merchan ruled that Trump’s lawyers had until Dec. 2 to file a motion to dismiss the case against the president-elect. Bragg’s office then will have until Dec. 9 to respond to the Trump team’s motion. A Manhattan jury found President-elect Donald Trump guilty on 34 counts of business fraud in May. Trump has consistently denied any wrongdoing.

Dig deeper: Read my report in The Sift about how Bragg’s office warned that it would oppose any attempts to throw out the case against Trump.