Trump asks judge to delay sentencing in hush money case until after election

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump (Matt Rourke/AP)

Donald Trump is asking the judge in his New York hush money criminal case to delay his sentencing until after the November presidential election.

In a letter made public on Thursday, a lawyer for the former president and current Republican nominee suggested that sentencing Mr Trump as scheduled on September 18 — about seven weeks before Election Day — would amount to election interference.