00:00We're going to New York now because a judge has just announced that he's postponed the sentencing of the former US president Donald Trump
00:07On paying hush money to an adult film star John Sudworth is in New York with the latest for us now John
00:17Well Sophie Donald Trump has been trying numerous methods to delay
00:24or
00:25completely annul his criminal
00:28Prosecution and his sentencing for it for it back in May
00:32Earlier this year his attempts to get the case thrown out because of the recent Supreme Court ruling that granted broad immunity to presidents
00:39Was so far unsuccessful
00:42of course these payments to
00:44Stormy Daniels the former porn star took place before he was elected in
00:492016 but the decision today in the Manhattan Court is a
00:53Significant one the judge has granted his motion to delay sentencing sentencing
00:59For those hush money payments until after the election as you say he said that this is to avoid the appearance
01:07However unwarranted that it might have a bearing on the election, but of course Sophie it raises other questions
01:14It means that the US public that voters will go into this election
01:19Not knowing whether or not Donald Trump will be given a
01:23fine for these crimes or potentially or they seem thought by many to be unlikely a
01:28custodial sentence John Sudworth with that breaking news from New York
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