NEW YORK (AP) — Judge will rule on Tuesday whether it will be taken back Conviction of President-elect Donald Trump in the hush money case due to the US Supreme Court’s decision regarding presidential immunity.

New York Judge Juan M. Merchan, who presided over Trump’s historic trial, is now tasked with vacating the jury verdict and ordering a new trial, or even dismissing the charges altogether. The judge’s decision could also shed light on whether the former and future commander in chief will be sentenced as planned on Nov. 26.

Republican Won back the White House a week ago, but the legal question concerns his status as a past president, not as an upcoming president.

a jury He convicted Trump in May Alleged falsification of business records related to a $130,000 payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels in 2016. In exchange, she bought her silence about allegations that she had sex with Trump.

He says they didn’t, denies any wrongdoing and claims the investigation is a political tactic meant to hurt his latest campaign.

More than a month after the decision, The Supreme Court decided He said former presidents cannot be tried for actions they took while governing the country, and prosecutors cannot even cite those actions to support a case focused entirely on personal conduct.

Trump’s lawyers referred to the decision He claims the hush money jury had some evidence it shouldn’t have, such as Trump’s presidential financial disclosure form and the statements of some White House aides.

Prosecutors disagree and said the evidence in question was only “a portion” of their case.

Trump’s criminal conviction was a first for any former president. This left the 78-year-old facing penalties ranging from a fine or probation to up to four years in prison.

The case focused on how Trump repaid his personal attorney for the Daniels payment.

Attorney Michael Cohen prioritized money. He later recouped this with a series of payments that Trump’s company recorded as legal expenses. Trump signed most of the checks himself while he was in the White House at the time.

Prosecutors said the designation was meant to conceal the true purpose of the payments and help cover up a broader effort to prevent voters from hearing unflattering claims about the Republican during his primary campaign.

Trump said Cohen was legally paid for his legal services and that Daniels’ story was suppressed not to influence voters but to avoid embarrassing Trump’s family.

When Cohen paid Daniels in October 2016, Trump was a private citizen campaigning for president but had neither been elected nor sworn in. He was the president when Cohen was reimbursed, and Cohen testified that they discussed the reimbursement arrangement in the Oval Office.

Trump has been fighting to overturn the decision for months and may now seek to bolster his status as president-elect. Although he was tried as a private citizen, his imminent return to the White House could prompt the court to step in and avoid the unprecedented spectacle of punishment meted out to a former and future president.

While Trump is calling on Merchan to overturn his conviction, he is also trying to move the case to federal court. A federal judge before the election she said no over and over We’re taking action but Trump appealed.