Former US President Donald Trump comments as he leaves the courthouse after a jury found him guilty of all 34 felony counts in his criminal trial at New York State Supreme Court in New York, New York, USA, 30 May 2024.
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Manhattan prosecutors said Tuesday they do not oppose a bid by former President Donald Trump to postpone being sentenced in his criminal hush money case while he seeks to overturn his conviction.
Attorneys for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee launched that bid on Monday, tying the move to the Supreme Court’s bombshell ruling that former presidents are entitled to “presumptive immunity” for all official acts they performed in office.
The 6-3 decision instantly threatened to alter or undermine some of the numerous active criminal cases against Trump.
The hush money case, which is likely the only one against Trump to head to trial before the Nov. 5 presidential election, ended May 30 with Trump’s conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records.
The Supreme Court’s ruling came as part of a separate criminal case charging Trump with illegally conspiring to overturn his loss to President Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
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