Judge in hush money case refuses to throw out Trump’s conviction despite Supreme Court immunity decision The president-elect has been trying to get the case nullified before he returns to the White House. His lawyers argue that having the case hanging over his head would be a burden on his ability to govern A Manhattan district judge on Monday rejected president-elect Donald Trump’s attempt to nullify his conviction in the New York hush money case on the strength of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling granting broad immunity to presidents for official actions. The future of the case — whose sentence was meant to have been made public shortly after Election Day — remains unclear.
Prosecutors have recommended that the case be put on hold — not thrown out — precisely because of the Supreme Court’s ruling. Trump’s lawyers have argued that having the case hanging over his presidency would be a burden on his ability to govern. Judge Juan M.
Merchan’s decision eliminates the possibility of definitively ending the case before Trump returns to the White House on January 20. However, his lawyers have raised other arguments for dismissal. The prosecutors’ proposal to freeze the conviction during his presidency does not imply dismissal either.
On November 22, the judge indefinitely postponed the sentence, but allowed the president-elect’s defense to again request that the case be dismissed. Trump was found guilty in May of all 34 charges against him in a case involv.
