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Donald Trump's Sentencing Delay Could Backfire Spectacularly

Donald Trump's request to reevaluate his hush money conviction in the wake of the Supreme Court's immunity decision may backfire on him because his sentencing date is now closer to the 2024 election date, according to experts.

Mark Shanahan, associate professor and expert in U.S. Politics from the University of Surrey in the U.K. suggested that the so-called October Surprise expected in presidential cycles could now be a "September earthquake" following the push back of Trump's sentencing.

Judge Juan Merchan, who oversaw Trump's falsifying business records trial where Trump was convicted of 34 felony charges, agreed on Tuesday to delay the former president's July 11 sentence date to September 18. Trump denies wrongdoing and is considering an appeal.

Trump's legal team pushed for such a move after the nation's highest court ruled on Monday that Trump is entitled to at least presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his "official acts" carried out in office in a ruling connected to the federal 2020 election obstruction case involving the Republican.

Shanahan told Newsweek it was "no surprise" that Trump's hush money sentencing has been delayed until September following the Supreme Court ruling, and that it may still ultimately harm the Republican's White House chances.

"Everyone was taken aback by SCOTUS's decision on presidential immunity, and all sides are scrambling to understand if and how it applies to the New York verdicts," Shanahan told Newsweek.

"If the case gets tossed, or more likely, if the verdict gets postponed further, it will galvanize Democrats like no other cause with a likely strong ripple effect on the few undecideds in half a dozen states who will decide this election.

"The baked-on MAGA vote holds Trump to a very different standard where felony convictions have no effect on their fervor for their candidate. But for voters who still believe in a constitutional separation of powers and rule of law, any further delay, or soft peddling on the New York verdicts, will light the fire on a final month of campaigning based on the premise of preserving democracy," Shanahan added.

Trump's legal team sought that the July 11 sentencing date be pushed back as they try to overturn his 34 falsifying business records conviction.

They argue that some of the evidence presented during the hush money trial, such as tweets and other communications, could be examples of official acts which the Supreme Court said Trump cannot be prosecuted over or be used as evidence.

As noted by former Democratic pollster Adam Carlson, the proposed new sentencing date of September 18 arrives just two days before early voting starts in Minnesota, South Dakota and Virginia.

While neither of these states are considered battlegrounds—Trump is expected to easily win South Dakota in November, with Minnesota and Virginia considered blue states—the issue of Trump's delayed sentencing may affect him more elsewhere.

Jason Easley, managing editor of PoliticusUSA, suggested that Trump's felony conviction being refreshed in the mind of key voters at the September sentencing may damage the Republican's White House.


"Since polling shows that the felony convictions hurt Trump with Independents and swing voters, the former president may have been better served by getting the sentencing over with in July, before the party conventions, while people are not paying attention and their thoughts are occupied with summer vacations," Easley wrote.

"As voters are paying attention and getting ready to vote, Trump is going to likely find himself in a Manhattan courtroom being sentenced for the felonies that he committed."

In reply, a spokesperson for Trump's office reshared with Newsweek a Truth Social post from the former president claiming he has "TOTAL EXONERATION" following the Supreme Court ruling.

"It is clear that the Supreme Court's Brilliantly Written and Historic Decision ENDS all of Crooked Joe Biden's Witch Hunts against me, including the WHITE HOUSE AND DOJ INSPIRED CIVIL HOAXES in New York," Trump wrote. "All of these Unfair Charges represent the WORST level of Election Interference ever seen in our Country's long and storied History."


Polls have been divided as to whether Trump's felony conviction hindered or improved his chances of beating President Joe Biden in November.

There have been suggestions the Republican's White House chances have largely increased in the wake of the CNN presidential debate, in which Biden delivered a languishing performance that has resulted in one Democratic lawmaker urging the president to drop out the race.

Trump's September 18 sentencing date will take place eight days after the proposed second presidential debate between Trump and Biden, hosted by ABC.

The Manhattan District Attorney's Office did not oppose Trump's request to delay sentencing in the wake of the Supreme Court immunity decision, but said their arguments are "without merit."