The court in New York will decide on the conviction against Trump next week

AUTHOR: M.J. GDNUS
Next Sunday, the court in New York will decide whether to throw out the conviction against the newly elected US President Donald Trump in the case of falsification of business documents, related to the affair with porn actress Stormy Daniels.
Manhattan Court Judge Juan Mercan will decide next Sunday whether to accept Trump's request, which he submitted before the election, to throw out this verdict, the BBC reports.
In May, a New York jury found Trump guilty of falsifying business records, stemming from Trump's attempt to cover up reimbursements to his former lawyer Michael Cohen, who paid Stormy Daniels in 2016 to keep quiet about an alleged sexual relationship with Trump.
Trump's lawyers argue that a recent US Supreme Court decision granting presidents some degree of immunity from prosecution applies to certain aspects of the case, and that the indictment and conviction should therefore be thrown out.
The Prosecutor's Office states that by falsifying these documents, Trump actually wanted to cover up his influence on the 2016 election campaign, that is, reduce the damage that would be caused by the disclosure of the alleged affairs.
During the trial, Judge Mercan did not accept the arguments of Trump's lawyers that this case should be dismissed based on his presidential immunity.
The trial took place months before the presidential election earlier this week, and before Trump won a decisive victory over the Democrats.
If the judge rejects the guilty verdict, the case ends there, but if the decision is the opposite, the sentencing will be held on November 26.
Experts claim that there is little chance of sentencing due to Trump's obligations related to the transition in the White House before the inauguration in January, as well as the complexity of sentencing the current president.
"I think the most likely outcome in this case is for the judge to delay sentencing until the end of Trump's term," said Daniel Charles Richman, a professor at Columbia Law School.