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Former President Donald Trump arrives at Manhattan criminal court in New York, on Thursday, May 16, 2024.

Former President Donald Trump arrives at Manhattan criminal court in New York, on Thursday, May 16, 2024 (Steven Hirsch/Pool Photo via AP).

A state judge in New York has put the brakes on scheduled proceedings in President-elect Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money case.

New York County Judge Juan Merchan had been set to decide whether Trump’s felony criminal convictions will stand in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s sweeping presidential immunity decision.

Merchan on Tuesday granted a joint request from prosecutors and the defense to pause deadlines in the case until Nov. 19, and he requested that prosecutors file with the court “your view of appropriate steps going forward.”

Trump’s legal team had requested that Trump’s convictions be set aside and have sought to have the indictment against him dismissed outright or have Merchan order a new trial.

Following the high court’s July ruling, Trump’s attorneys have argued that portions of the evidence presented during the former and soon-to-be president’s criminal trial earlier this year was improperly shown to the jury. The justices ruled that a sitting president is immune from prosecution for any official acts taken while in office and evidence of a president’s official acts cannot be used against a president in a criminal case, even where the underlying conduct is personal in nature.

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