Trump was convicted in May on 34 counts of falsifying business records relating to payments made to former porn star Stormy Daniels.

The country’s 45th president is set to be sentenced in the case on Nov. 26, but whether the hearing will happen is now being decided by Judge Juan Merchan.

CNN chief legal affairs correspondent Paula Reid reported Wednesday evening that Merchan will give himself until next week to decide if tossing those convictions is appropriate.

During CNN’s ongoing coverage of the 2024 election, network anchor Jake Tapper welcomed Reid to discuss Trump’s felony criminal case in New York. She reported:

I’m told that his legal team is going to try to make sure that sentencing never happens. As we know, their usual strategy is always to just try to get things delayed. But here they’re going to argue to the judge that the sentencing should never happen because now that Trump is president-elect, they will say that he is entitled to the same constitutional protections as a sitting president and should be protected from state actors and in this case, state prosecutors and the judge overseeing that case, Judge Juan Merchan.

He’s giving himself a deadline of November 12th to decide if the conviction against Trump should be tossed based on the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on immunity. If he tosses the conviction, there’ll be no sentencing. But if that sentencing continues to go forward, this is the argument that the Trump team is going to make.

Trump’s two federal cases are also expected to be dropped while special counsel Jack Smith winds them down. The former president previously vowed to fire Smith if he won the election. As for Trump’s RICO case in Georgia, CNN reported:

There is no clear answer as to whether a state-level prosecutor, like [Fulton County DA Fani Willis], can prosecute a sitting president. Trump’s victory now forces Willis to confront that constitutional question in addition to the existing legal issues that have already cast uncertainly over the Georgia case’s future.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5629399&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310910",#48304858)

based on the oral arguments, that court is ready to toss the civil judgment on the supposed bank fraud.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5629399&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310910",#48304882)

https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5576743&mc=1&forum_id=2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5629399&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310910",#48304898)

someone pointed this out yesterday but it's worth repeating - if the libs had just left him alone after all the stop the steal January 6 bs, he really may have just retreated into the shadows but they backed him up against the wall with all these indictments and bullshit, causing him to double down. i guess they assumed that there was NO WAY the american public would support a guy who'd been convicted of crimes, ljl.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5629399&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310910",#48304904)

so i guess going forward, we now have a precedent for a "convicted criminal" running for office and that isn't a reason not to vote for him/her anymore.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5629399&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310910",#48305010)

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was born in Bogotá, Colombia. His father, Bernardo [redacted] (1928–2013), was a physician and held high-ranking positions in the Colombian government. When [redacted] was five, the family moved to [redacted], where he was raised.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5629399&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310910",#48305379)