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Laura Jarrett

Laura Jarrett is a senior legal correspondent for NBC News.

Laura Jarrett is a senior legal correspondent for NBC News.


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Judge delays Trump sentencing in hush money case until after November election

A New York judge has delayed former President Donald Trump's sentencing on felony criminal charges until Nov. 26.

Judge rejects Trump's second bid to move New York hush money case to federal court

A federal judge denied the former president’s eleventh hour request to transfer the case out of state court. His attorneys began the appeals process Tuesday night.

Trump’s attorneys argue that his business partners were ‘delighted’ in new brief filed in appeal to New York civil fraud case

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump filed two briefs with the Appellate Division First Department in New York, arguing that the civil fraud case prosecuted against Trump earlier this year was flawed, that there were no victims and that the case had passed the statute of limitations.

Trump indicted again in federal election interference case following Supreme Court immunity ruling

The Supreme Court’s decision in July barred the government from using certain “official acts” Trump had taken as president in its prosecution.

Prosecutors defer to judge on Trump sentencing delay in hush money case

The position by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office makes it likely that Judge Juan Merchan will sign off on Trump's request.

Manhattan DA urges judge not to overturn Trump conviction

A Supreme Court ruling finding Donald Trump had immunity for official acts while president doesn't impact his hush money conviction in New York, state prosecutors argued.

Florida judge dismisses the Trump classified documents case

The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump's classified documents trial in Florida dismissed the case against the former president Monday on the grounds that the appointment of and funding for special counsel Jack Smith were illegal.

Trump asks judge to toss out guilty verdict in hush money case after Supreme Court decision

Former President Donald Trump has asked a state court judge to toss out his criminal conviction in New York, pointing to the Supreme Court’s recent immunity decision that outlines when a former president must be shielded from prosecution.

Judge in Trump's hush money trial delays sentencing following Supreme Court immunity ruling

The judge overseeing Donald Trump's New York criminal case approved a delay of the former president's sentencing Tuesday after his lawyers asked for more time to argue that the Supreme Court's immunity decision calls for a new trial.

Prosecutors in Trump's hush money case say they don't oppose delaying his sentencing

Prosecutors in the Manhattan district attorney's office said Tuesday that they don't oppose delaying Donald Trump's sentencing in his New York hush money case given the Supreme Court's ruling Monday that he has immunity for some of his actions as president in his separate election interference case.

Trump seeks to postpone sentencing and set aside verdict in his hush money trial after the Supreme Court's immunity ruling

Attorneys for Donald Trump indicated in a letter to the presiding judge in the former president's hush money case that they want him to postpone sentencing and set aside the trial verdict following the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling Monday.