U.S. judge delays decision on undoing Trump hush money conviction – National [Video]

A judge on Tuesday postponed a decision on whether to undo President-elect Donald Trump’s conviction in his hush money case as his lawyers argued that his election last week warrants dismissing the case altogether so he can run the country.

New York Judge Juan M. Merchan had been set to rule Tuesday on their earlier request to throw out his conviction for a different reason — because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling this summer on presidential immunity. Instead, he told Trump’s lawyers he’d delay the ruling until Nov. 19 so that prosecutors can give their view of what to do in light of Trump’s impending return to the White House.

According to emails filed in court Tuesday, Trump’s lawyers and prosecutors had agreed in recent days to the one-week postponement.

Because of the “unprecedented circumstances,” prosecutors need to consider how to balance the “competing interests” of the jury’s verdict and the presidency, prosecutor Matthew Colangelo wrote.