New York judge delays Trump sentencing until after election [Video]

The New York judge who presided over Donald Trump’s hush money trial on Friday delayed sentencing until after November’s US presidential election to “avoid any appearance” of impacting the vote.

The Republican White House candidate had been scheduled to be sentenced on September 18 for falsifying business records as part of a scheme to silence a porn star who alleged they had a sexual encounter.

Instead, Judge Juan Merchan postponed it to November 26 — well past the November 5 election in which Trump faces Vice President Kamala Harris.

Trump said on social media that it was delayed because “everyone realizes that there was no case, I did nothing wrong!”

His lawyers had sought the delay and Merchan, in a letter explaining his decision, noted that prosecutors had not expressed opposition to a postponement.

Trump was convicted in May of 34 counts of doctoring business records to cover up hush …