Via the NYT: Manhattan Prosecutors Agree to Delay Trump’s Sentencing.
Manhattan prosecutors on Tuesday agreed with Donald J. Trump’s request to postpone his criminal sentencing so that the judge overseeing the case could weigh whether a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling might imperil his conviction, new court filings show.
It is up to the judge to determine whether to postpone the sentencing, though with both sides in agreement, a delay seemed likely. The judge, Juan M. Merchan, could rule as soon as Tuesday.
A delay would represent a surprising setback for the case, which led to the first conviction of an American president. The sentencing was likely to be the only moment of criminal accountability for the twice-impeached and four-time indicted former president whose other cases are mired in delay.
Because I guess we now have to determine if engaging in falsification of documents in the pursuance of influencing an election to cover up sex with a porn star is a “core” power of the presidency.
To be clear: I fully understand it is within Trump’s rights to try and see if the ruling applies in this case and I would not deny him the opportunity. But the reality is that this should not, in my view, a legitimate option, and yet SCOTUS has made it such. It is wholly possible that the actions in question are somehow covered by the ruling in Trump v. United States.
I will not be at all surprised if Judge Cannon throws out the documents case as a result of yesterday’s ruling.
