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(NewsNation) — Attorneys for erstwhile President Donald Trump are asking a justice to hold the Republican nominee's sentencing implicit his aggregate felony convictions until aft this year's statesmanlike election.
"The Court should adjourn immoderate sentencing successful this case, though 1 should not beryllium indispensable due to the fact that dismissal and vacatur of the jury’s verdicts are required based connected Presidential immunity, until aft the 2024 Presidential election," a missive from Trump's lawyers reads.
A assemblage successful May found Trump blameworthy of 34 felony charges for falsifying concern records successful an effort to support accusation from voters up of the 2016 election.
The lawsuit had been the archetypal of 4 transgression cases against Trump. It centered astir hush wealth payments made to Playboy exemplary Karen McDougal and big movie star Stormy Daniels who said they had affairs with Trump. Trump was accused of paying them to enactment quiescent up of the 2016 election, and allegedly paid his erstwhile "fixer" Michael Cohen to coordinate these payments. Cohen antecedently pleaded blameworthy to violating run concern laws.
Reporting by NewsNation integer shaper Steph Whiteside contributed to this article.
