NY, Aug 30 : Former President Donald Trump ??filed a petition Thursday seeking to move his New York state criminal case to a federal court in Manhattan and push off the upcoming sentencing for his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records.

The petition asks the court to confirm Trump cannot be sentenced while the litigation over the removal to federal court is pending.

Trump’s sentencing is currently scheduled for September 18, though Judge Juan Merchan is expected to rule in early September on a previously filed motion from Trump’s legal team — which the Manhattan district attorney’s office did not oppose — to delay it until after the election.