Prosecutors on Tuesday are set to tell a judge whether they think the criminal hush money case against President-elect Donald Trump should head to sentencing, as planned, or be dismissed following his electoral victory, as his lawyers have requested.
Those records related to a $130,000 payment his then-personal lawyer Michael Cohen made shortly before the 2016 election to porn star Stormy Daniels to buy her silence about a purported one-time sexual tryst with Trump a decade earlier.
Judge Juan Merchan had been expected to rule on a dismissal request by Trump's lawyers on Nov. 12 at the earliest.
But on the heels of Trump's election win, the DA's office told Merchan they wanted him to delay his ruling, to give them time to determine how that victory affected the case.
Merchan gave them one week to do so.
Persons:
Donald Trump, Juan Merchan, Stormy Daniels, Trump, Kamala Harris Trump, Michael Cohen, Merchan
Organizations:
Prosecutors, The, Manhattan, Attorney's
Locations:
Manhattan, New York City, York