00:00A week after winning the presidency, Donald Trump won a reprieve in his criminal case
00:04in New York City.
00:05Now, Trump had been set for possible sentencing at the end of the month, but the judge in
00:09the case delayed all proceedings at least a week while prosecutors and the defense discuss
00:15ways forward after Trump's victory.
00:18Trump was convicted in May of 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a hush
00:22money payment back in 2016 to porn actor Stormy Daniels.
00:26Since then, the Supreme Court ruled that presidents and former presidents have certain
00:30immunity for official acts and that cases brought against them can't use evidence of
00:35their official acts, things they did as president in their official capacity, against them at
00:40trial.
00:41That has added a wrinkle to this case.
00:43Originally, Trump was supposed to be sentenced in July, and then that was delayed until September,
00:48and then with the impending election, that was delayed again until November.
00:52While Trump's victory has essentially presented him with what he is trying to flex as a get
00:56out of jail free card.
00:57His lawyers are arguing that he can't possibly face this cloud hanging over his head, this
01:03conviction and a possible sentence to jail while he's preparing to go to the White House.
01:08So now Judge Juan Merchan is contemplating how to go forward.
01:12Does he dismiss the case?
01:14Does he delay it indefinitely, possibly four years until Trump is out of office?
01:18Or does he go forward with sentencing, something that could potentially be tied up in appeals
01:24and prolong the process as Trump is going again from private citizen to president of
01:30the United States.
01:31Now prosecutors and defense lawyers over the weekend exchanged emails spelling out their
01:36thoughts on this.
01:37The prosecution, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, seemed open to at least staying or
01:42delaying the proceedings, potentially indefinitely.
01:45They cited the desire to strike a balance between the jury's verdict and the will of
01:51the American people.
01:53The vote of 12 people on the jury versus the votes of 73, 75 million people who elected
01:59Trump president.
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