Trump rul­ing on immu­ni­ty in New York delayed until two days before sen­tenc­ing

The New York judge pre­sid­ing over for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump’s hush mon­ey tri­al has delayed a key rul­ing on pres­i­den­tial immu­ni­ty until two days before Trump’s sched­uled sen­tenc­ing.
Orig­i­nal­ly, the immu­ni­ty deci­sion was set for Sept. 6, with sen­tenc­ing on Sept. 18. How­ev­er, Judge Juan Mer­chan post­poned the rul­ing to Sept. 16 after Trump’s lawyers request­ed he first decide on their motion for him to recuse him­self from the case.

Judge Juan Mer­chan pos­es for a pic­ture on March 14, 2024, in New York. A dozen Man­hat­tan res­i­dents are soon to become the first Amer­i­cans ever to sit in judg­ment of a for­mer pres­i­dent charged with a crime. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Mer­chan con­firmed Trump’s court date for Sept. 18 remains unchanged for sen­tenc­ing or oth­er pro­ceed­ings.
In May, a jury in t …