The president-elect’s team is taking a victory lap – but is it really all over?
The protracted trial and prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump – in what has become commonly known as the hush money case – appears to be in its final chapter. All that’s left is the sentencing, which has already been delayed a couple of times – most recently because Trump won the 2024 presidential election. Now, however, it seems sentencing may not happen at all.
On November 22, Judge Juan Merchan removed Trump’s sentencing from the court’s schedule, effectively suspending the trial’s conclusion indefinitely. Merchan also gave Trump the go-ahead to file a motion to dismiss. Is this ordeal finally over for the former and future president, or is the court simply kicking this can way down the road?
