Donald Trump's hush money sentencing postponed

A judge in New York has postponed Donald Trump's hush money sentencing until September to consider the Supreme Court's ruling on immunity.

The US's top court decided on Monday immunity exists from criminal prosecution for official acts while in office in a boost for Trump, who also is accused of illegally trying to overturn his 2020 election loss.

The former president asked Justice Juan Merchan to delay the sentencing for his conviction over hush money paid to a porn star to give him a chance to argue he should have been immune from prosecution.

Prosecutors said Trump's argument was "without merit", but agreed to the delay to give Trump time to make his case.

He will face an uphill battle getting the hush money conviction overturned, since much of the conduct in the case predates his time in office.

The delay will push the sentencing beyond the Republic National Convention on 15 July, when Trump is due to be anointed as the party nominee for the upcoming presidential election.

The sentencing had previously been set for 11 July.

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