Bragg defers to Merchan, won't block Trump's request to push hush-money sentencing until after election
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said he won't oppose former President Trump's request to delay the Sept. 18 sentencing until after Election Day.
In a letter of their own made public on Thursday, Trump lawyers Todd Blanche and Emil Bove suggested that sentencing Trump as scheduled on Sept. 18 – about seven weeks before Election Day – would amount to election interference. They requested to delay the Sept. 18 sentencing in New York v. Trump until after the election. Danielle Wallace is a breaking news and politics reporter at Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on X: @danimwallace.
The lawyers for the former president and current Republican nominee wrote that a delay would also allow Trump time to weigh next steps after Merchan is expected to rule Sept. 16 on the defense's request to overturn the verdict and dismiss the case because of the U.S. Supreme Court’s July presidential immunity ruling, arguing "there is no basis for continuing to rush."
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