Last week, a judge in Manhattan announced that he was delaying the sentencing of Donald J. Trump until after the election. It is the only one of the four criminal cases against the former president that will have gone to trial before voters go to the polls.

Ben Protess, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, discusses Mr. Trump’s remarkable legal win and its limits.

Guest: Ben Protess, an investigative reporter for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• Judge Juan M. Merchansentencing-delay-ruling.html"> delayed Trump’s sentencing until Nov. 26, after Election Day.
• Mr. Trump owes the delay in part to his legal resources and political status. It raised a question:election-felon-sentence-delay.html"> Is he above the law?

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