“The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial is pushing back a date for a key ruling on presidential immunity until two days before Trump’s scheduled sentencing,” the AP reports.
“The immunity decision had been due Sept. 6, with the sentencing set for Sept. 18. But then Trump’s lawyers asked Judge Juan M.
Merchan last week to rule first on their renewed bid to get the judge to step aside from the case.”Playbook: “If Merchan stays the course, the sentencing will likely be Trump’s only pre-election legal reckoning.”