A New York judge will decide Tuesday whether to overturn Donald Trump's conviction in a criminal hush money case, building on the Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity earlier this year.
The president-elect faces up to four years in prison after being found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover payments to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election. There is a possibility.
In July, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that former President Trump enjoys absolute immunity from prosecution for “official acts” taken while he was president.
The country's highest court has left it to lower courts to determine what constitutes “official acts” by a sitting president.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Marchan had delayed sentencing for more than four months after the election.
If the conviction is upheld, Trump will be sentenced on November 26, less than two months before Inauguration Day.
