Former President Donald Trump on Monday asked a federal appeals court to issue a pause in his New York criminal case, after a state judge delayed the sentencing until after the November election.
Justice Juan Merchan, of the New York State Supreme Court in New York County, last week delayed the sentencing from Sept. 18 to Nov. 26, months after the former president was found guilty by a Manhattan jury for falsifying business records.
Days later, Trump’s attorneys wrote to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit stating that the case should be paused because Merchan’s order doesn’t “allow adequate time for interlocutory” appeals, citing the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling in July. The high court found that presidents are immune from prosecution for official acts while in office….