{"id":2367696,"date":"2024-11-12T10:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T15:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-pauses-trump-hush-money-case-as-bragg-weighs-next-steps-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-12T10:59:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T15:59:34","slug":"judge-pauses-trump-hush-money-case-as-bragg-weighs-next-steps-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-pauses-trump-hush-money-case-as-bragg-weighs-next-steps-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge pauses Trump hush money case as Bragg weighs next steps &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-pauses-trump-hush-money-case-as-bragg-weighs-next-steps-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2367696&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A judge has postponed key deadlines in Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-who-set-himself-on-fire-outside-trump-trial-dies\/\" title=\"The man who self-immolated outside the Trump trial has passed away\">hush money criminal case<\/a> in\u200c Manhattan, allowing attorneys time \u200bto assess\u2062 the implications of Trump&#8217;s\u2063 recent election win on the case. Judge Juan Merchan&#8217;s law clerk informed\u2063 the involved parties that the judge will wait until November\u2063 19 to deliver a decision regarding Trump&#8217;s presidential \u2063immunity. This decision follows a \u200cjoint request from both prosecutors\u2064 and Trump&#8217;s legal team, acknowledging that the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">election \u2063results present\u200c unprecedented situations requiring careful consideration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutor Matthew Colangelo emphasized the importance of balancing the interests \u200bof a potential jury verdict with\u200d those related to the Office of the President. The judge was initially set to\u2063 decide\u200b by Tuesday\u200d whether the Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling \u200don \u2064presidential immunity affected\u200b Trump&#8217;s conviction for falsifying business records, \u200ba charge that carries\u2062 a maximum sentence of four\u200b years. \u2064If\u2063 the ruling had gone against Trump, sentencing\u200c would\u2064 have\u2062 taken place at \u2064the end of the month, but there are growing uncertainties among legal \u200cexperts regarding the potential\u2063 outcomes of this case.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Judge pauses Trump hush money case as Bragg weighs next steps<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1878989\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A judge postponed deadlines in President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s criminal case in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/manhattan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Manhattan\">Manhattan<\/a> until next week to give attorneys time to evaluate how the election will affect court proceedings, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/791335109\/Manhattan-deadline-stay?secret_password=rn3a59LgeeK7VAWubNh5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">email exchanges<\/a> made public on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Judge Juan Merchan&rsquo;s law clerk wrote to attorneys involved in the case that the judge would wait to issue his highly anticipated decision on presidential immunity until Nov. 19. Merchan&rsquo;s clerk also ordered Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to give his &ldquo;view of appropriate steps going forward&rdquo; in the case by that date.<\/p>\n<p>The judge&rsquo;s decision came after prosecutors for Bragg reached out to Merchan in an email to say that they and Trump&rsquo;s legal team agreed that pausing the court proceedings was necessary because Trump&rsquo;s election victory had added a new complication to the case.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The People agree that these are unprecedented circumstances and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bernie-sanders-says-we-can-start-negotiating-tomorrow-on-debt-blames-gop-for-impasse\/\" title=\"Bernie Sanders Says \u2018We Can Start Negotiating Tomorrow\u2019 on Debt, Blames GOP for Impasse\">require careful consideration<\/a> to ensure that any further steps in this proceeding appropriately balance the competing interests of (1) a jury verdict of guilt following trial that has the presumption of regularity; and (2) the Office of the President,&rdquo; prosecutor Matthew Colangelo wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Merchan initially said he would decide by Tuesday&nbsp;whether the Supreme Court&rsquo;s landmark presidential immunity decision meant Trump&rsquo;s guilty verdict was untenable. Trump has argued the verdict should be thrown out, while Bragg has said he disagrees.<\/p>\n<p>If Merchan ruled against Trump, the next step would have been for the judge to sentence Trump at the end of the month. The president-elect was convicted by a jury in May of falsifying business records, a low-level felony that carries a maximum of four years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>However, doubts among legal experts about whether the sentencing would happen at all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3221641\/trump-election-manhattan-hush-money-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">began<\/a> to swirl as soon as Trump clinched his election win. <\/p>\n<p>Merchan&rsquo;s decision to push activity in the case until next week is the latest signal that the case could be winding down instead of moving toward sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s two federal criminal cases are heading toward similar fates because of the Department of Justice&rsquo;s long-standing policy that it does not prosecute sitting presidents.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A source familiar with Trump&rsquo;s legal plans told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> last week that his defense team planned to ask the judge in Manhattan to pause proceedings indefinitely because of constitutional conflicts with tying a president-elect up in court matters.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are a lot of grounds to stay, including potentially a supremacy clause argument, because the president has statutory duties during the transition,&rdquo; the source said. &ldquo;My strong suspicion is that sentencing will not occur.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1878989\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1878989\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judge delays Trump case as Bragg considers next steps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2367697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24151786638544.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[22119,32417,22021,33211,3634],"class_list":["post-2367696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-bragg","tag-court-case","tag-hush-money","tag-legal-news","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24151786638544.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2367696"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2367700,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367696\/revisions\/2367700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2367697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2367696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2367696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2367696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}