Former President and GOP nominee Donald Trump is seeking to delay his criminal sentencing for his historic hush money trial in Manhattan until after the presidential election. As the legal community debates on the basis of his request, a former U.S. attorney argues the recent court filing is merely a "desperate" bid to avoid his fate.
In a letter to the case's judge, Juan Merchan, lawyers for Trump noted that his sentencing was currently set just weeks before Election Day, on Sept. 18. The lawyers argued that the timing could improperly influence voters and compromise Trump's efforts to reverse his conviction on charges that he falsified records to cover up a sex scandal.
