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Prosecutors who secured Donald Trump's conviction over a hush money payment to a porn star opposed on Tuesday his stated hope to have the case dismissed now that he is president-elect and asked a judge to set a schedule to litigate the matter.

NEW YORK: Prosecutors who secured Donald Trump's conviction over a hush money payment to a porn star opposed on Tuesday (Nov 19) his stated hope to have the case dismissed now that

New York prosecutors oppose any effort to dismiss Trump’s hush money conviction, but they expressed some openness to delaying sentencing.

The election of Donald Trump has led to all four criminal cases against him being paused in some way.

The DA's office said Trump's forthcoming presidency isn't grounds for dropping a case that was already tried. They might be open to a sentencing delay, though.