Trump's bid to overturn his New York hush money conviction on the grounds of immunity is rejected.

• A New York court rejected President-elect Donald Trump's bid to dismiss his criminal hush money conviction on the grounds of presidential immunity.
• In May, Trump was found guilty in Manhattan Supreme Court of 34 charges of falsifying business records related to a 2016 hush money payment to Stormy Daniels, which was facilitated by his then-lawyer Michael Cohen.

On Monday, President-elect Donald Trump failed to get his criminal hush money conviction dismissed in a New York court due to a claim of presidential immunity.

The lawyers of Trump contended that the testimony of former White House staff used by prosecutors in his trial should cause Judge Juan Merchan to dismiss the case.

In his ruling on Monday, Merchan stated that even if the court deemed all contested evidence, both preserved and unpreserved, as official conduct within the President's authority, it would still find that the use of these acts as evidence of personal falsifying business records poses no danger to the authority and function of the Executive Branch, as supported by non-motive-related evidence.

In conclusion, this Court determines that any error in introducing the contested evidence was inconsequential due to the overwhelming evidence proving guilt, as stated by Merchan in his ruling.

Todd Blanche, Trump's lawyer, requested that the sentencing of the president-elect in the case be postponed until all appeals have been exhausted on Monday.

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