The aim is to reconsider whether the 45th president’s victory at the ballot box makes a prison sentence impossible.

A judge postponed deadlines in President-elect Donald Trump‘s criminal case in Manhattan until next week to give attorneys time to evaluate how the election will affect court proceedings, according to email exchanges made public on Tuesday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) -The judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal hush money case has put off ruling on whether the president-elect's conviction should be thrown out on immunity grounds, enabling prosecutors to weigh next steps following his Nov. 5 election victory.