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- Trump wants a delay in his NY hush money trial until SCOTUS determines if he has blanket immunity.
- The Constitution shields presidents from state prosecution for "official acts," his lawyers say.
- Things he's said about a $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels were part of his job, they claim.
In a remarkable, eleventh-hour request, lawyers for Donald Trump on Monday asked a judge to delay his New York hush money trial on presidential blanket-immunity grounds.
In papers filed in Manhattan, Trump's attorneys asked New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan to delay the March 25 trial start date until the US Supreme Court decides on his federal election interference case.