According to a New York Post report, New York City District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office says that President-elect Donald Trump’s “hush money” case should be paused in light of his recent election win.
“As a result of the election held on November 5, 2024, Defendant’s inauguration as President will occur on January 20, 2025,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg wrote to Merchan on Tuesday.
“Given the need to balance competing constitutional interests, consideration must be given to various non-dismissal options that may address any concerns raised by the pendency of a post-trial criminal proceeding during the presidency, such as deferral of all remaining criminal proceedings until after the end of Defendant’s upcoming presidential term,” Bragg wrote.
Trump spokesman Steven Cheung told Fox News Digital that “this is a total and definitive victory for President Trump and the American People who elected him in a landslide.”
“The Manhattan DA has conceded that this Witch Hunt cannot continue,” Cheung, who was tapped to serve as White House communications director, said. “The lawless case is now stayed, and President Trump’s legal team is moving to get it dismissed once and for all.”
From The New York Post:
The prosecutor moved to pause Trump’s Nov. 26 sentencing date on his conviction for concealing a payoff that hid a sex scandal from voters before the 2016 presidential election.
Bragg could have pushed to dismiss the case entirely.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan will have to approve prosecutors’ plan before it goes into effect.
Either scenario would have meant that Trump, 78, would retake the presidency largely unscathed by the four criminal cases that at one time threatened to derail his candidacy.
Merchan was also expected to rule Tuesday on whether to scrap May’s verdict based on July’s US Supreme Court ruling immunizing a president for “official acts” taken in office.
This story is developing…
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— New York Post (@nypost) November 19, 2024
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