For weeks now, it’s been up in the air whether Donald Trump’s sentencing in the hush money trial would go ahead on Sept. 18 as scheduled. 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.
“Unfortunately, we are now in a place in time that is fraught with complexities rendering the requirements of a sentencing hearing, should one be necessary, difficult to execute,” Merchan wrote.
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