NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� New York prosecutors said Tuesday they'll oppose dismissing President-elect Donald Trump鈥檚 hush money case as his sentencing looms, but they expressed some openness to delaying it until after his impending second term.
In a court filing Tuesday, the Manhattan district attorney鈥檚 office said his forthcoming presidency isn't grounds for dropping a case that was already tried. But 鈥済iven the need to balance competing constitutional interests," prosecutors said, consideration must be given 鈥渢o potentially freezing the case until after he's out of office.鈥�
Trump was of falsifying business records to cover up a scheme to influence the 2016 election by paying hush money to a porn actor who said they鈥檇 had sex. Trump denies the allegations.
Judge Juan M. Merchan had given prosecutors until Tuesday to share their thoughts on how to proceed with the case, which had been scheduled for sentencing Nov. 26.
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Associated Press writer Jennifer Peltz contributed.
Michael R. Sisak, The Associated Press
