A spokesman for President-elect Donald Trump said he earned a “decisive win” Friday after a New York judge overseeing his business records fraud case ruled his attorneys could argue his conviction on 34 counts should be thrown out because he was elected again as president.

New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan gave Trump’s attorneys until Dec. 2 to file a formal motion to dismiss the case involving a $130,000 payment former Trump attorney Michael Cohen made to porn star Stormy Daniels, telling prosecutors to reply by Dec. 9. His one-page order also canceled next week’s sentencing hearing, and he did not schedule a new one or reference the possibility of a new date.

“In a decisive win for President Trump, the hoax Manhattan Case is now fully stayed, and sentencing is adjourned,” Trump communications director Steven Cheung said in a statement. “President Trump won a landslide victory as the American People have issued a mandate to return him to office and dispose of all remnants of the Witch Hunt cases. All of the sham lawfare attacks against President Trump are now destroyed and we are focused on Making America Great Again.”

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