The judge in Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial approved a delay in the former president’s sentencing, essentially ensuring Trump will not face punishment for his felony conviction this summer.
The trial wrapped up in May when a Manhattan jury found Trump guilty of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment.
He was due to be sentenced next Thursday, but Trump’s team is now challenging the conviction.
They said the case should be thrown out due to Monday’s Supreme Court ruling, which said that presidents have substantial immunity from prosecution for any officials acts taken while in office.
The consequential decision also puts several other of Trump’s legal cases in limbo.
Thomas Wolf, the Brennan Center’s director of democracy initiatives, joined NY1 political anchor Errol Louis on “Inside City Hall” Tuesday to talk more about the case.
“[The Supreme Court] started layering in all these new rules. It, basically, [made] all this new bespoke criminal procedure that applies only to this rare case of presidents committing crimes and being prosecuted for them,” Wolf said. “It’s basically a set of rules that were tailor made to stack the deck for Donald Trump.”