Stormy Daniels judge postpones Trump's sentencing until after the election

The New York judge presiding over Donald Trump's trial for hidden payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels postponed sentencing until after the Nov. 5 presidential election.

The Republican White House candidate was scheduled to hear the sentencing on Sept. 18 after being found guilty of falsifying accounting records, but Judge Juan Merchan postponed it to Nov. 26.

The decision comes a week after Donald Trump's legal team began its attempts to get a federal court to intervene in the case.

The Republican's lawyers argued that the former president and current candidate is being harmed by actions taken by the state court judge who oversaw the case in the state.

"The ongoing proceedings will continue to cause direct and irreparable harm to President Trump … and voters located far beyond Manhattan," attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove wrote in statements reported by the The Washington Post.