FILE - FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AWAITS THE START OF PROCEEDINGS ON THE SECOND DAY OF JURY SELECTION AT MANHATTAN CRIMINAL COURT, APRIL 16, 2024, IN NEW YORK. MANHATTAN PROSECUTORS ARE BALKING AT DONALD TRUMP EFFORTS TO DELAY POST-TRIAL DECISIONS IN HIS NEW YORK HUSH MONEY CRIMINAL CASE AS HE SEEKS TO HAVE A FEDERAL COURT INTERVENE AND POTENTIALLY OVERTURN HIS FELONY CONVICTION. THEY LODGED THEIR OBJECTIONS IN A LETTER TUESDAY TO THE TRIAL JUDGE BUT SAID THEY COULD BE OK WITH POSTPONING THE EX-PRESIDENT’S SEPT. 18 SENTENCING. (JUSTIN LANE/POOL PHOTO VIA AP)