Avril Elfi from OAN
Tuesday, July 2, 2024 11:16 AM
Former President Donald Trump has asked for his conviction in the so-called “hush money” case to be overturned, following a recent Supreme Court decision that granted him immunity for his official duties as president.
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Trump on Monday asked Manhattan Judge Juan Merchant for permission to file a motion to postpone the July 11 trial.Number Enter judgment and dismiss the entire case.
Before filing any lawsuit-related claims, merchants must receive written notice from Trump’s legal team.
The letter is expected to be made public on Tuesday, after which Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office will have an opportunity to comment.
The request came just 10 days before Trump was due to be sentenced in a case in which a jury convicted him of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records during his 2016 presidential campaign.
In the letter, Trump’s legal team asks Marchant to analyze how Monday’s Supreme Court decision will affect Trump’s landmark May 30 election.Number belief.
The high court’s ruling bars prosecutors from bringing charges against the president for any official conduct while in office and prohibits them from using evidence of official conduct to support a case.
However, the Supreme Court has delegated to lower courts the task of defining what constitutes official acts.
It is unclear whether Marchan will seek a retrial of his conviction, as the deadline for post-trial motions has already passed.
In a post on Truth Social on Monday, President Trump hailed the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision, calling it “a major victory for our Constitution and democracy.”
Meanwhile, a Biden campaign official dramatized the Supreme Court’s decision as giving the former Republican president “the keys to dictatorship.” Biden also blasted the court’s 6-3 decision, which will further delay Trump’s lawsuit seeking to overturn the 2020 federal election.
“The man who sent that mob into the United States Capitol can be convicted for what happened that day, and the American people deserve answers in a court of law before the upcoming election,” Biden said. “The American people deserve to know what happened on January 6th before they are asked to vote again this year, but today’s ruling makes that highly unlikely. This is a terrible disservice to the American people.”
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