George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley said Tuesday that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will consider delaying the remaining proceedings until 2029, when President-elect Donald Trump's term ends in 2029. criticized his proposal.
Prosecutors indicated in Tuesday's filing that they would not oppose continued postponement of Trump's sentencing date, currently scheduled for Nov. 26. Turley told “American Report” that it would likely be in the district attorney's interest if Marchand sided with Bragg. And judges, but not the United States or the “judiciary.” (Related: Judge grants Jack Smith's request to halt all deadlines on Trump's lawsuits after election victory)
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“I think the worst-case scenario is that this issue stays on hold for four years of this administration,” he said. You can't treat it like that,” Turley said. “This elevates the district attorney to a grotesque level, and this district judge will decide the ultimate fate of the president of the United States. It is a national crisis to continue to have these kinds of questions for the next four years. It doesn't really serve justice.”
“Now it certainly serves everyone in New York politically. It serves Bragg, and it probably serves this judge politically, but it doesn't serve the state. So it's possible that it will be done in the future. “The question we will focus on in this new hearing is whether the judges will listen to their better angels and dismiss this case,” he added. “As I have stated previously, I do not believe that the mere election or re-election of President Trump is grounds for simply dismissing this case, and I do not believe that local judges will see it that way. He has reached the jury's verdict on all of these counts.”
But Turley said Marchand has a “workaround” to dismiss the case because certain evidence in Trump's trial could violate the U.S. Supreme Court's presidential immunity order, which was handed down after the verdict. He suggested that there was.
“But again, going back to the beginning, the worst option for justice and for this country is to do what Bragg is suggesting and allow a sitting American president to be tied down for four years… 'is the face of anger,''' he added. “It's addictive. It's hard to let go. And they want to drag this out for another four years.”
In May, a Manhattan jury found Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records. On November 12, following Trump's election victory, Marchand suspended all litigation deadlines and delayed a decision on the president-elect's motion to dismiss the verdict based on the Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling.
“The people deeply respect the Office of the President, are mindful of the demands and duties of the office, and recognize that the defendant's assumption of office raises unprecedented legal issues,” prosecutors said. I wrote. “We also deeply respect the fundamental role of juries in our nation's constitutional system.”
“Current law provides that the President's temporary immunity from prosecution begins at a time when the defendant is not immune from criminal prosecution and requires the dismissal of post-trial criminal proceedings based on informal conduct for which the defendant is not immune. “There is no immunity,” the application continues.
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