Felon Seeks To Delay Sentencing Until After Election

Politico reports:

Attorneys for Donald Trump asked the judge overseeing the former president’s Manhattan criminal case to postpone his sentencing, now set for Sept. 18, until after November’s presidential election. In a letter to the court dated Wednesday but made public Thursday, Trump’s lawyers noted that the sentencing for the Republican presidential nominee’s conviction on falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star is currently scheduled to take place after the start of early voting.

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NEW: Trump’s lawyers just asked Judge Juan Merchan to POSTPONE sentencing in his New York criminal case — now set for Sept. 18 — until after the November election.

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