Trump asks for another delay of sentencing for New York "hush money" criminal conviction

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Merchan ordered Trump to appear in person or virtually for sentencing on Friday.
41% : A unanimous jury in May made Trump the first former president ever to be convicted of crimes.
40% : He added that Trump's return to the White House requires "an immediate end to the political weaponization of our justice system and all of the remaining Witch Hunts.""The Supreme Court's historic decision on Immunity, the state constitution of New York, and other established legal precedent mandate that this meritless hoax be immediately dismissed," Cheun said.
38% : A Sept. 18 sentencing date was pushed back after Trump asked to move it until after the election.
35% : It was initially scheduled for July 11, but Trump asked for a delay while filing a motion to dismiss, based on a landmark Supreme Court ruling related to presidential immunity.
31% : "Merchan indicated in his ruling that Trump will not face incarceration or any other restriction on his freedom after sentencing.
30% : It was then scheduled for Nov. 26, but delayed again after Trump won the presidential election.
18% : Lawyers for Donald Trump on Monday demanded a New York judge delay the president-elect's sentencing in his "hush money" criminal case, which is scheduled to take place at the end of the week.
17% : Trump intends to appeal a Jan. 3 ruling by Justice Juan Merchan rejecting a motion to dismiss and upholding Trump's conviction on 34 felony charges of falsifying business records.

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