Trump urges judge to dismiss hush money case due to election victory

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : Before he was elected, experts said it was unlikely - but not impossible - that Trump would face time behind bars, with punishments such as a fine or probation seen as more likely.
40% : Trump in November nominated his defense lawyers in the hush money case, Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, to serve senior roles at the Justice Department during his administration.
36% : Bragg's office has suggested he defer all proceedings in the case until Trump, 78, leaves the White House in 2029.
32% : Trump was convicted in May of 34 felony counts*Defense lawyers argue case would impede presidency*Prosecutors expected to oppose motion to dismissBy Luc CohenNEW YORK, Dec 3 (Reuters) -Donald Trump on Tuesday asked a New York state judge to dismiss the criminal case in which he was convicted in May of 34 felony counts involving hush money paid to a porn star in light of his victory in the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election.
30% : Trump pleaded not guilty in the case, which he has sought to portray as a politically motivated attempt by Bragg, a Democrat, to interfere with his presidential campaign.
28% : Trump was charged in three additional state and federal criminal cases in 2023, one involving classified documents he kept after leaving office and two others involving his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss.
28% : As president, Trump would have no power to shut down the New York or Georgia cases because they were filed in state courts.
22% : Prosecutors with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office supported delaying the sentencing to give Trump the chance to make his case for dismissal, though they said they would oppose that bid.
22% : A Manhattan jury found Trump guilty of falsifying business records to cover up his reimbursement of Cohen.
22% : Trump also faces state criminal charges in Georgia over his bid to reverse his 2020 loss in that state, but that case remains in limbo.
19% : Justice Juan Merchan last month delayed Trump's previously scheduled Nov. 26 sentencing indefinitely to give him the chance to seek dismissal.
16% : The New York case stemmed from a $130,000 payment Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels for her silence before the 2016 election about a sexual encounter she has said she had a decade earlier with Trump, who denies it.

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