A judge has postponed sentencing in the bribery case against Donald Trump until November 26, Reuters reports. It is three weeks after the autumn presidential election. The verdict was originally due on September 18. In May, Trump was found guilty of violating the Accounting Act in connection with a payment of 130,000 dollars to porn actor Stormy Daniels’ lawyer. The payment occurred just before the 2016 election, which Trump won. Daniels received the money to keep a close eye on the fact that she and Trump had allegedly had sex in a hotel in 2006. Trump denies that this has happened, and writes on Friday himself on Truth Social that he believes the whole case should be closed. Trump’s lawyers have repeatedly asked for the sentence to be postponed. They argued that a punishment just before the presidential election would affect the results. After a Supreme Court concluded in July that Trump is entitled to immunity as a public official, they have also asked to have the case dismissed. The prosecution, for its part, has pointed out that the case concerns Trump’s actions as a private person, not official actions.
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