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The judge presiding over Donald Trump's hush money trial is postponing the former president's sentencing to September after Manhattan prosecutors said they would not oppose Trump's request to delay in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision granting him "absolute" immunity from criminal prosecution for "official" acts.
In a letter to Justice Juan Merchan on Tuesday, prosecutors with the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Trump's arguments are "without merit" but they do not oppose his request to push back the sentencing date as he files his legal arguments.
Trump was initially scheduled to be sentenced on July 11.
The judge will instead render a decision on Trump's arguments on September 6, and Trump will be sentenced on September 18, "if such is still necessary," according to a notice from Merchan on Tuesday.
That new date means Trump could potentially be handed a jail sentence roughly six weeks before Election Day.
The former president's attorneys sent a letter to the judge on Monday in the hopes of delaying his sentencing and blocking his guilty verdict.
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