Juan Merchan, the New York judge overseeing Donald Trump’s so-called hush money case, in which the Republican presidential nominee was found guilty of 34 federal crimes, announced Friday that he would not sentence the former president before the US presidential election on November 5.
Merchan said he was delaying sentencing from September 18 — at which time mail-in voting will be starting in some states — until November 26 in order to “avoid any appearance, however unwarranted” of…