Lawyers for President-elect Donald Trump cite U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.)'s opinion that the merits of the Manhattan business records lawsuit are “a sham” in their latest filing, calling the lawsuit Upholds dismissal and reversal of verdict.
President Trump's lawyers Todd Blanche and Emile Bove filed a 23-page motion on Thursday supporting the motion for removal filed last week and made public Friday.
In the second sentence of the document, Blanche and Bove highlight Fetterman's Wednesday Truth social post, in which he discusses the lawsuit against Trump and the lawsuit Hunter Biden faced before the pardon. He strongly criticized both.
“Both Trump’s hush money and the Hunter Biden case are bogus, and a pardon is appropriate,” Fetterman wrote. “Weaponizing the judiciary for overt partisan gain diminishes collective trust in our institutions and sows further division.”
Mr. Trump's lawyers wrote that Mr. Fetterman's classification of the actions of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office (DANY) was “appropriate.” He then accused Bragg's office of a “highly problematic and irresponsible analogy” laid out in a brief filed Dec. 9 in opposition to the defense's motion to dismiss.
Ballance and Bove argue that this analogy of Trump to a dead defendant proves that Bragg and prosecutors lack the ability to distinguish between the pursuit of justice and political motives. .
DANY's brief includes a request for the court to ignore the New York Court of Appeals and concoct unconstitutional “sentence reduction” laws, all of which have survived multiple assassination attempts and will soon It is based on a very troubling and irresponsible analogy with President Trump, who will be the “only president.” “A person who single-handedly constitutes a branch of the government'' – and a hypothetical defendant who is dead… This endless debate shows conclusively that Attorney General Bragg and Attorney Danny can never be legitimate. are. They are trusted to separate political motives and career aspirations from a duty to seek justice. DANY has no credibility left in these lawsuits and must be discontinued immediately to prevent further constitutional and law violations.
Blanche and Bove again pointed to the Presidential Transition Act and the doctrine of presidential immunity, which they said requires immediate dismissal of cases. They wrote that the criminal proceedings would “interfere with the ongoing transition process, including the preparations necessary for President Trump to 'effectively' perform his constitutionally specified functions.”
“Therefore, pursuant to the Presidential Transition Act, immediate dismissal of the jury and vacating of the verdict is necessary,” they added.
The filing also notes that Bragg's office made little mention of the actual text of the Presidential Transition Act in its opposition brief filed Monday.
“This law strengthens the principle of immunity for a sitting president because, as the law clearly recognizes, the president-elect's transition activities are essential to, and in preparation for, imminent presidential action. Because there is,” Blanche and Bove added.
Bragg's office announced Monday that President Trump is calling for his removal. proposed It would either freeze sentencing for four years for the duration of Trump's term or terminate further proceedings without reversing Trump's conviction, which is typically used in the context of capital punishment commutations. This is a proposal Blanche and Bove say is based on a “very troubling and irresponsible analogy.”
All eyes are now on Judge Juan Melchan, who will decide the fate of the case.
The case is People vs. TrumpNo. 71543/23, New York County Supreme Court.
