Explainer-What Comes Next for Trump's Hush Money Criminal Case?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : WHAT ARE PROSECUTORS' OPTIONS?Bragg is unlikely to aggressively seek to have Trump sentenced before the Jan. 20 inauguration, said Rebecca Roiphe, a former prosecutor with the Manhattan district attorney's office.
31% : Prosecutors may ask Merchan to delay the sentencing indefinitely, or propose delaying the implementation of any sentence until Trump exhausts all options for appeal, which could take years, Roiphe said.Joshua Naftalis, a former federal prosecutor, said if Bragg seeks to go forward with the sentencing, he may not request that Trump be placed in custody or on probation, or receive any punishment that would restrict his liberty.
28% : "WHAT DO TRUMP'S LAWYERS SAY?Trump has long called the case a politically motivated attempt by Bragg, a Democrat, to interfere with his campaign.
15% : WHERE DOES THE CASE STAND NOW?Trump, 78, was convicted in May of falsifying business records to cover up a $130,000 hush money payment his former lawyer Michael Cohen made to porn star Stormy Daniels for her silence before the 2016 election about a sexual encounter she says she had with Trump, who denies it.

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