Trump is still tangled up in the legal system.
The New York judge will decide later today whether to
dismiss the hush money election interference conviction or proceed to
sentencing of Trump.
Aaron Katersky is at the courthouse in Manhattan.
Good morning, Aaron, good morning to you, George.
That decision the judge is going to make here today
is going to determine whether president-elect Trump takes office as
a convicted felony.
You'll remember it was back in May, a jury here
found Trump guilty of charges that involved money he had
paid just before the 2016 election to silence adult film
actress Stormy Daniels about their long denied affair.
Trump argued that conviction should be thrown out because of
the US Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity.
Trump was a private citizen when the $130,000 hush payment
was made.
But his attorneys prosecutors filled glaring holes in their case
with evidence related to Trump's official acts as president, which
the Supreme Court ruled to be off limits.
That includes testimony from then White House communications director Hope
Hicks and tweets about Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen.
Prosecutors said that evidence is just a sliver of the
mountains of testimony and documentary proof.
But if the judge tosses out Trump's conviction, he could
order a new trial or he could throw out the
indictment altogether.
If he upholds the conviction, though, the judge will also
have to decide whether to move forward with sentencing Trump.
Rebecca, that's scheduled for November 26th.
And the president-elect faces, in theory, up to four years
in jail.
Rebecca, a lot on the line there.
OK, Aaron, thank you.