Donald Trump isn’t getting sentenced in New York anytime soon, with local prosecutors effectively pausing the hush money case as they fight off the president-elect’s attempts to dismiss his criminal conviction altogether.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg Jr. indicated his team will continue to back the jury’s guilty verdict even after he returns to the White House. Though, Bragg’s office also showed an openness to a four-year freeze, until Trump — who will become the first felon ever to serve as president — is done with his term.
“The people deeply respect the office of the president, are mindful of the demands and obligations of the presidency, and acknowledge that defendant’s inauguration will raise unprecedented legal questions. We also deeply respect the fundamental role of the jury in our constitutional system,” Bragg wrote in a letter to the court Tuesday.