Former president faces "an uphill battle" to have his hush money convictions overturned, according to a former U.S. attorney.
Trump, the presumptive nominee, was set to be sentenced on July 11 after being convicted in May on 34 counts of falsifying business records as part of a scheme to influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment to adult film actor . Trump denies any wrongdoing and Daniels' allegations of an extramarital sexual encounter. But on Tuesday, his sentencing was postponed until at least September as Judge agreed to weigh the impact of Monday's decision on presidential immunity.
The ruling said that former presidents have immunity from prosecution for all official acts, but not unofficial or personal acts. Trump's lawyers argued that the court's ruling requires not just delaying the sentencing, but also overturning Trump's conviction. In an appearance on , Barbara McQuade, a former U.
S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan appointed by , said Trump's lawyers will struggle to make the case that the court's ruling means the conviction needs to be tossed. "I don't think there is anything in this case—the payment of hush money to a porn star, the falsification of business records to conceal that—I don't think there's any way to characterize any of that as an official act that would be immune from prosecution," McQuade said on "I think the only little sliver of possibility of an argument that Trump's team could raise is this other part of the .
