Presidential pardon power is also difficult to understand. New York judge refuses to revoke guilty verdict in Trump's "hush money" case.

According to the data from Jin10 on December 17th, US President-elect Trump failed to convince the judge to revoke the guilty verdict against him in the “hush money” case on the grounds of presidential immunity. However, this case is far from over as the President-elect continues to challenge the ruling on other grounds. Judge Juan Merkan rejected Trump’s argument that the ruling should be revoked based on presidential immunity. Merkan still has to rule on Trump’s other requests to revoke the ruling. According to a ruling by the US Supreme Court in July, the President of the United States enjoys broad immunity for official acts, but personal acts carried out in a private capacity are not covered by immunity.