NEW YORK (Reuters) -The judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal hush money case has put off ruling on whether the president-elect's conviction should be thrown out on immunity grounds, enabling prosecutors to weigh next steps following his Nov. 5 election victory.

Donald Trump’s lawyers and the Manhattan district attorney’s office have agreed to delay activity in the hush money case until November 19 to give the president-elect’s lawyers time to make new arguments on how his election victory impacts the case.

A New York state judge paused for a week further action on President-elect Donald Trump's conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, a document made public on Tuesday showed. Justice Juan Merchan delayed at least through Nov.