Trump Hush Money Case -- Including Sentencing -- Paused After Presidential Win

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

36% : Legal experts had already predicted that even if Trump was sentenced before Inauguration Day, that sentence would likely be paused while he's in office and he wouldn't have to start serving it until at least 2029.
35% : Trump used the Supreme Court's immunity ruling to delay his sentencing from its original date in July, filing his request to have the ruling thrown out right before his initial sentencing date and arguing the court should delay the sentencing while the issue is adjudicated.
29% : Trump was indicted based on a hush money payment his ex-attorney paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election, which Trump then reimbursed through a series of checks paid throughout 2017.
27% : Special Counsel Jack Smith is expected to end the two federal prosecutions against Trump ahead of Inauguration Day, as the Justice Department has cited following its precedent that prohibits prosecuting sitting presidents.
25% : Merchan's ruling comes as the other criminal cases against Trump are falling apart in the wake of the former president's electoral win.
25% : A jury in New York found Trump guilty of falsifying business records in May following a weekslong trial, marking the first -- and potentially only -- criminal trial against the former president.
24% : Trump pleaded not guilty to the charges and has continued to decry the case against him as a witch hunt.
19% : That means that case would not be able to go to trial until 2029 at the earliest, and Trump's lawyers are reportedly planning to ask the court to have the charges thrown out entirely on the basis of Trump being elected president.
14% : Trump's 34 felony counts are each punishable by a fine of up to $5,000 per offense and/or up to four years in prison, though legal experts have long been skeptical that Trump would face prison time as a first-time offender.

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