DA suggests judge could permanently halt Trump's hush money case while upholding his conviction - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Trump, a Republican, takes office Jan. 20.
37% : Among the other options prosecutors proposed was delaying sentencing until after Trump leaves office in 2029.
37% : Trump has been fighting for months to reverse his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records.
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.
21% : Trump denies wrongdoing in all.
20% : Trump portrays the case as a political attack ginned up by D.A. Alvin Bragg and other Democrats.

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