President-elect Donald Trump's lawyers urge judge to toss his hush money conviction - WTOP News

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Trump takes office Jan. 20.
36% : Trump is the first former president to be convicted of a crime and the first convicted criminal to be elected to the office.
35% : Merchan could also decide to uphold the verdict and proceed to sentencing, delay the case until Trump leaves office, wait until a federal appeals court rules on Trump's parallel effort to get the case moved out of state court or choose some other option.
34% : Trump has been fighting for months to reverse the conviction, which involved efforts to conceal a $130,000 payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels, whose affair allegations threatened to disrupt his 2016 campaign.

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