Former President Donald Trump filed a motion to vacate his Manhattan verdict after the Supreme Court granted substantial immunity for official acts committed while in office.
It remains unclear how the Manhattan district attorney's office will respond and whether Judge Merchan will grant permission for Trump's motion.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg brought charges against Trump in May 2024.
Trump's lawyers requested permission to file a motion to vacate the jury's verdict, a delay of the July 11 sentencing, and cited evidence that was admitted at trial which should not have been.
Trump was charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree and pleaded not guilty.
Former President Donald Trump is making a move to overturn his criminal conviction in the Manhattan case following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that grants substantial immunity for official acts committed while in office.
Trump was charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree and pleaded not guilty to all counts. In May, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg brought charges against Trump for this offense.
After the Supreme Court's ruling on immunity, Trump's lawyers filed a motion to dismiss the verdict hours later. The motion was made just before sentencing recommendations were due from the district attorney's office and before Judge Juan M. Merchan, who presided over the Manhattan trial.
The letter asks for permission to file a motion to vacate the jury's Manhattan verdict, requests a delay of the July 11 sentencing, and cites evidence that was admitted at trial which should not have been.
Trump's lawyers had previously argued that the case should be moved from state to federal jurisdiction based on official acts. However, this argument was rejected by a federal judge who ruled that Trump failed to show his conduct related to any act performed by or for the president under color of official duty.
It remains unclear how the Manhattan district attorney's office will respond and whether Judge Merchan will grant permission for Trump's motion. The letter is not yet public, but it is expected that prosecutors will have a chance to respond before any action is taken.
Donald Trump is trying to overturn his conviction in a New York State criminal case using the Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity.
Trump was found guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in May 2024.
A federal judge previously rejected Trump’s argument that the case should be moved to federal jurisdiction based on official acts.
Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on July 11, with prosecutors expected to file a sentencing recommendation.
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The article contains an appeal to authority fallacy. The author cites the Supreme Court's decision as a basis for Trump's attempt to overturn his conviction, without providing any analysis or critique of that decision. Additionally, there is a dichotomous depiction in the phrase 'the matter was purely a personal item of the president - a cover-up of an embarrassing event', which implies that the payment to the adult film star was either personal or official, ignoring the possibility of overlap between personal and official actions.
. . .Trump has some immunity. What happens now?
But the issue of whether Trump was engaged in official acts has already been litigated in his New York case.
Monday’s Supreme Court decision extended broad immunity from criminal prosecutions to former presidents for their official conduct.
Trump's lawyers are seeking permission from the judge to file a motion based on a new Supreme Court ruling that grants immunity for official acts committed as president.
Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts related to his cover-up of a sex scandal in the run-up to the 2016 election. (This fact is unique because it includes the specific number of felony counts.)
Former President Trump moved to overturn his criminal conviction in the Manhattan case after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a former president has substantial immunity for official acts committed while in office.
Trump was charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, and Trump pleaded not guilty to all counts.
Lawyers for Trump filed a motion to dismiss the verdict hours after the Supreme Court’s ruling on immunity.
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