Prosecutors back delaying Trump sentence until he leaves White House

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : The case would be paused anyway after 20 January, when Trump takes the oath of office, he said.
44% : The Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg first charged Trump with falsifying business records in April 2023, accusing the president-elect of a hush-money scheme in the waning days of the 2016 presidential campaign.
39% : "Don't drop the conviction - but don't do anything until after Trump leaves office.
39% : Of the four criminal prosecutions against Trump, the New York case was the only one to go to trial and reach a guilty verdict.
34% : But the final outcome is now uncertain as Trump prepares to head to the White House next January.
30% : Former Manhattan prosecutor Diana Florence said that this request makes it doubtful that Trump would face sentencing at the scheduled hearing on 26 November, as the judge will probably accept the prosecutors' proposal.
29% : Trump maintained his innocence, denied that the affair ever occurred and alleged the case was a form of political persecution.
28% : "The DA is saying that the court should put off sentencing until after Trump leaves the White House," said New York attorney and former prosecutor Mitchell Epner.
20% : In May, Trump was convicted on 34 charges of falsifying business records, stemming from an attempt to cover up a potential sex scandal ahead of his first presidential victory in 2016.
7% : Prosecutors said that Trump tried to disguise reimbursements to his personal attorney, who had paid off an adult film star with whom Trump allegedly had an affair.

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