New York Judge Juan Merchan faces a choice of freezing President-elect Trump’s hush money case in place until he leaves the White House or tossing it entirely, underscoring how Trump’s election win has changed the dynamic of his legal travails.

Judge Juan Merchan has postponed the sentencing hearing for President-elect Trump and set a new deadline for the defense lawyers to submit arguments as to why the case should be dismissed now that Trump has won re-election.