Trump DA Faces Deadline as New York Hush Money Case in Limbo (1)

The Manhattan prosecutor who won the only criminal conviction of Donald Trump faces a Tuesday deadline to say how he thinks the case should proceed in light of the former president’s reelection.

Whether the so-called hush money case proceeds to sentencing, gets delayed for four years or is simply dismissed outright is an open question hanging over the president-elect. Judge Juan Merchanasked for District Attorney Alvin Bragg’srecommendation last week after the election results dragged an already unprecedented case into even murkier legal waters.

Trump faces as long as four years in prison after a jury in May found ...