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Judge delays ruling on whether to scrap Trump's conviction in hush money case

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A judge has postponed a decision on whether to undo President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction as prosecutors consider how to proceed in light of last week’s election and his lawyers argue for dismissal so he can run the country. The postponement announced Tuesday comes at a dramatic point in the New York case, which focused on how Trump accounted for payments to a porn actor before the 2016 election. Sentencing had been set for Nov. 26. But Manhattan prosecutors now say they’re reassessing and appear open to the possibility that the proceedings can’t go as planned. A jury convicted Trump in May of falsifying business records related to a $130,000 hush money payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels. Trump denies any wrongdoing.