“This is not a decision that the Court makes lightly, but it is the decision that, in the eyes of the Court, best serves the interests of justice,” wrote Judge Juan Merchan, who has faced multiple appeals from Donald Trump's defense and had already adjourned the court session from July 11 to September 18. The presidential election, which pits Democratic candidate Kamala Harris against Republican Donald Trump, will take place on November 5.
The former president's lawyers had sought another delay following a landmark decision by the conservative majority US Supreme Court in Washington that broadened the scope of presidential criminal immunity.
No other process before the presidential election
At the end of a historic trial, the first criminal trial of a former president of the United States, Donald Trump was found guilty in late May of 34 counts of falsifying accounting documents, designed to conceal, just before his victory in the presidential election in 2016, a $130,000 payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
The money was paid to her to keep quiet about a sexual relationship she said she had with him in 2006, which the person in question has always denied. Donald Trump faces criminal charges in three other cases, but no further trials will take place before the presidential election.