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## Transcript

A week after winning the presidency, Donald Trump won a reprieve in his criminal case in New York City. Now Trump had been set for possible sentencing at the end of the month, but the judge in the case delayed all proceedings at least a week while prosecutors and the defense discuss ways forward after Trump's victory. Trump was convicted in May of 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment back in 2016 to porn actor Stormy Daniels. Since then, the Supreme Court ruled that presidents and former presidents have certain immunity for official acts and that cases brought against them can't use evidence of their official acts, things they did as president in their official capacity, against them at trial.

That has added a wrinkle to this case. Originally, Trump was supposed to be sentenced in July, and then that was delayed until September. And then with the impending election, that was delayed again until November. While Trump's victory has essentially presented him with what he is trying to flex as a get out of jail free card. His lawyers are arguing that he can't possibly face this cloud hanging over his head, this conviction and a possible sentence to jail while he's preparing to go to the White House. So now, Judge Juan Marshon is contempla how to go forward. Does he dismiss the case? Does he delay it indefinitely, possibly four years until Trump is out of office?

Or does he go forward with sentencing something that could potentially be tied up in appeals and prolong the process as Trump is going again, from private citizen to president of the United States. Now, prosecutors and defense lawyers over the weekend exchanged emails spelling out their thoughts on this. The prosecution, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office seemed open to at least staying or delaying the proceedings, potentially indefinitely. They cited the desire to strike a balance between the jury's verdict and the will of the American people, the vote of 12 people on the jury versus the votes of 70,375 million people who elected Trump president.

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