The hush money case against Donald Trump could backfire. Here’s why
1 year, 9 months ago

The hush money case against Donald Trump could backfire. Here’s why

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s pending case against Donald Trump over hush money payments sure doesn’t look like a slam dunk. Conservative legal scholar Jonathan Turley has argued that the Trump hush money case is “long on politics, but short on the law.” It’s not just Republicans who feel that way. Centrist political commentator Michael Smerconish, for example, has derided Bragg’s case against Trump as “weak.” CNN legal analyst and frequent Trump critic Van Jones has called on Bragg to call off the dogs in the current probe. Time Magazine recently ran the headline, “Why Even Some of Trump’s Critics Think the Stormy Daniels Case Is Weak.” There’s hardly bipartisan consensus that the present case lacks merit.

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Trump to be sentenced in hush money case, days before return to White House
1 hour, 4 minutes ago

Trump to be sentenced in hush money case, days before return to White House

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — In a singular moment in U.S. history, President-elect Donald Trump faces sentencing Friday for his New York hush money conviction after the nation’s highest court refused to intervene. Bragg’s office said in a court filing Monday that Trump committed “serious offenses that caused extensive harm to the sanctity of the electoral process and to the integrity of …

Supreme Court rejects Trump’s bid to delay sentencing in his New York hush money case
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5 hours, 14 minutes ago

Supreme Court rejects Trump’s bid to delay sentencing in his New York hush money case

The Hindu  

A divided Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s bid to delay his sentencing in his hush money case in New York. However, Mr. Trump’s attorneys have argued that evidence used in the Manhattan trial violated last summer’s Supreme Court ruling, giving Trump broad immunity from prosecution over acts he took as president. Mr. Trump’s attorneys went to the …

US Supreme Court denies to pause Donald Trump's hush money sentencing
6 hours, 5 minutes ago

US Supreme Court denies to pause Donald Trump's hush money sentencing

India Today  

The US Supreme Court rejected on Thursday Donald Trump's request to halt his sentencing in a New York state court for the president-elect's conviction on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star. Trump had sought relief from the justices as he pursued a state court appeal to resolve questions of presidential immunity following a Supreme Court …

Big blow to Trump before January 20 inauguration: Court declines to block his sentencing in hush money case
1 day, 6 hours ago

Big blow to Trump before January 20 inauguration: Court declines to block his sentencing in hush money case

India TV News  

New York's highest court declined to block Donald Trump's upcoming sentencing in his hush-money case on Thursday, leaving the US Supreme Court as the president-elect's likely last option to prevent the hearing from taking place on Friday. His lawyers turned to the nation’s highest court on Wednesday after New York courts refused to postpone the sentencing by Judge Juan M. …

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says he spoke with Trump about clerk before hush-money filing
1 day, 6 hours ago

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says he spoke with Trump about clerk before hush-money filing

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito spoke with President-elect Donald Trump about a former law clerk the day before Trump went to the high court in a push to delay the sentencing in his New York hush-money case, the justice said Wednesday. Alito said he took the call Tuesday afternoon from Trump at the request of his former law …

Donald Trump asks Supreme Court to block sentencing in his hush money case in New York
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1 day, 14 hours ago

Donald Trump asks Supreme Court to block sentencing in his hush money case in New York

The Hindu  

President-elect Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to call off Friday’s sentencing in his hush money case in New York. Mr. Trump’s lawyers turned to the nation’s highest court Wednesday after New York courts refused to postpone the sentencing by Juan M. Merchan, the judge who presided over Mr. Trump’s trial and conviction last May on 34 felony counts …

Trump asks Supreme Court to block his sentencing in New York criminal case
2 days, 6 hours ago

Trump asks Supreme Court to block his sentencing in New York criminal case

LA Times  

President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to block a New York judge from sentencing him Friday over his felony conviction in a hush money case. The justices “should order an immediate stay of criminal proceedings against President Trump in the New York trial court, including but not limited to the criminal sentencing hearing scheduled for January 10, …

US court denies Trump's bid to delay hush money sentencing
2 days, 6 hours ago

US court denies Trump's bid to delay hush money sentencing

India Today  

A New York appellate court on Tuesday denied President-elect Donald Trump's bid to halt sentencing set for Friday for his conviction on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star. In his Monday ruling, Justice Juan Merchan rejected a request from Trump's lawyers to delay the sentencing while they appealed two of the judge's previous rulings upholding …

Appeals court rejects Trump's latest attempt to get Friday's hush money sentencing called off
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2 days, 6 hours ago

Appeals court rejects Trump's latest attempt to get Friday's hush money sentencing called off

India Today  

NEW YORK: President-elect Donald Trump was denied Tuesday in his second attempt to delay this week’s sentencing in his hush money case. A New York appeals court judge swiftly rejected Trump’s request for an order that would put off sentencing while he appeals a decision last week upholding the verdict. Merchan has suggested he will not sentence Trump to jail …

Trump asks Supreme Court to pause sentencing in hush money case
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2 days, 6 hours ago

Trump asks Supreme Court to pause sentencing in hush money case

CNN  

CNN — President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday urged the US Supreme Court to pause his sentencing in the hush money case, a highly unusual request that relies in part on the court’s decision last year to grant him broad immunity from criminal prosecution. Trump’s latest request to the US Supreme Court is unusual – and likely an uphill fight – …

Donald Trump appeals to Supreme Court for delay in hush money sentencing
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2 days, 6 hours ago

Donald Trump appeals to Supreme Court for delay in hush money sentencing

India Today  

President-elect Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to call off Friday’s sentencing in his hush money case in New York. Trump’s lawyers turned to the nation’s highest court on Wednesday after New York courts refused to postpone the sentencing by Judge Juan M. Merchan, who presided over Trump’s trial and conviction last May on 34 felony counts of falsifying …

Donald Trump faces Jan 10 sentencing in hush money case after judge says no to delay
3 days, 3 hours ago

Donald Trump faces Jan 10 sentencing in hush money case after judge says no to delay

Live Mint  

US President-elect Donald Trump will be sentenced this week in his hush money case after a judge on Monday denied his request to halt proceedings while he appeals a ruling that upheld the historic verdict. The judge rejected Trump's lawyers' bid to indefinitely postpone the sentencing in his hush money case while they ask a state appeals court to reverse …

President-elect Donald Trump tries again to get Friday's hush money sentencing called off
3 days, 6 hours ago

President-elect Donald Trump tries again to get Friday's hush money sentencing called off

India Today  

NEW YORK: President-elect Donald Trump tried again Tuesday to delay this week’s sentencing in his hush money case, asking a New York appeals court to intervene as he fights to avoid the finality of his conviction before he returns to the White House. Merchan “is without authority under the law to proceed to sentencing while President Trump exercises his federal …

NY appeals court rejects Trump’s emergency request to delay Friday hush money sentencing
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3 days, 6 hours ago

NY appeals court rejects Trump’s emergency request to delay Friday hush money sentencing

CNN  

CNN — A New York appeals court judge has rejected Donald Trump’s request to postpone his Friday sentencing in the hush money case. Blanche said the Supreme Court’s July decision on presidential immunity offers Trump constitutional protection. Manhattan District Attorney’s Office Chief of Appeals Steven Wu argued Trump’s lawyers have not put forward any argument that a one-hour sentencing hearing …

US judge denies Donald Trump's plea to delay sentencing in hush money case
3 days, 6 hours ago

US judge denies Donald Trump's plea to delay sentencing in hush money case

India Today  

US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday lost a bid to put off his sentencing on Friday for his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn star. Citing both presidential immunity and the demands of Trump's impending January 20 inauguration, his lawyers on Monday morning said Justice Juan Merchan's intention not to penalise Trump was "of no moment." …

Trump makes shocking claim about Alvin Bragg ahead of hush money case sentencing, ‘Biden/Harris DOJ forced Bragg to…’
4 days, 1 hour ago

Trump makes shocking claim about Alvin Bragg ahead of hush money case sentencing, ‘Biden/Harris DOJ forced Bragg to…’

Hindustan Times  

Ahead of a January 10 sentencing in Donald Trump’s New York hush money case, the president-elect made a shocking claim: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg “never wanted to bring” the case against him. Donald Trump makes shocking claim about Alvin Bragg ahead of hush money case sentencing “D.A. The judge suggested Trump would instead receive an “unconditional discharge.” Trump claimed …

Judge denies Trump’s plea to delay Friday’s sentencing on his hush money conviction
4 days, 6 hours ago

Judge denies Trump’s plea to delay Friday’s sentencing on his hush money conviction

CNN  

New York CNN — Judge Juan Merchan has denied Donald Trump’s request to postpone his Friday sentencing for his hush money conviction, the judge said in a filing Monday. Earlier Monday, Trump’s lawyers filed an appeal urging a New York appellate court to overturn Merchan’s two recent rulings that upheld his conviction in the hush money case, while separately urging …

Trump hush money judge 'still has another couple of tricks up his sleeve': legal expert
5 days, 12 hours ago

Trump hush money judge 'still has another couple of tricks up his sleeve': legal expert

Raw Story  

During an appearance on MSNBC to discuss Judge Juan Merchan instructing Donald Trump and his lawyers that he will go forward with sentencing in the hush money trial, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance stated she thinks the judge may have a few surprises still in store. Speaking with host Katie Phang about the Jan. 10 court date related to now-president-elect's …

Trump claims ‘corrupt’ Judge Merchan ‘broke the law’ in hush-money case
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5 days, 20 hours ago

Trump claims ‘corrupt’ Judge Merchan ‘broke the law’ in hush-money case

Hindustan Times  

Former President Donald Trump lashed out at Judge Juan Merchan on Friday after the New York judge denied his request to dismiss the criminal case involving alleged hush-money payments and scheduled sentencing for January 10, just days before the presidential inauguration. Donald Trump criticized Judge Juan Merchan after the judge denied his request to dismiss a hush-money case and set …

Trump faces sentencing as President-elect, court denies dismissal motion
6 days ago

Trump faces sentencing as President-elect, court denies dismissal motion

Hindustan Times  

President-elect Donald Trump will be sentenced on Jan. 10 in the criminal case in which he was convicted on charges involving hush money paid to a porn star, but is unlikely to face jail time or other penalties, a judge said on Friday. Justice Juan Merchan's ruling means Trump will be required to appear at a court hearing just 10 …

US judge sets date for Donald Trump hush-money sentencing but rules out prison term
6 days, 2 hours ago

US judge sets date for Donald Trump hush-money sentencing but rules out prison term

Hindustan Times  

In an extraordinary turn, a judge Friday set President-elect Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money criminal case for Jan. 10 — little over a week before he's due to return to the White House — but indicated he wouldn't be jailed. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan, who presided over Trump’s trial, signaled in a written decision that he'd sentence …

Hush money case: Trump to be sentenced on Jan 10, won't face jail time
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6 days, 4 hours ago

Hush money case: Trump to be sentenced on Jan 10, won't face jail time

Deccan Chronicle  

Donald Trump will be sentenced on January 10 in a criminal case for which he was convicted for silencing a porn star by paying hush money and falsifying business record, a New York judge ruled on Friday.The judge also added that Trump will face no legal penalties for his conviction in the case, CNN reported.Judge Juan Merchan, upholding Trump's conviction, …

Judge rules president-elect Donald Trump must be sentenced in 'hush money' trial
6 days, 6 hours ago

Judge rules president-elect Donald Trump must be sentenced in 'hush money' trial

ABC  

A judge has ruled president-elect Donald Trump must be sentenced on January 10 in the criminal case in which he was convicted on charges involving "hush money" paid to an adult film actress, adding that he is not inclined to impose a jail sentence. Donald Trump found guilty in criminal 'hush money' trial Photo shows Donald Trump in court The …

Trump to be sentenced in hush money case on Jan 10, a week before taking office
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6 days, 6 hours ago

Trump to be sentenced in hush money case on Jan 10, a week before taking office

India Today  

US President-elect Donald Trump will be sentenced on January 10 in the criminal case in which he was convicted on charges involving hush money paid to a porn star, but is unlikely to face jail time, a judge said on Friday. Justice Juan Merchan's ruling means Trump will be required to appear at a court hearing just 10 days before …

Judge orders Trump to be sentenced on Jan. 10 in hush-money case
6 days, 6 hours ago

Judge orders Trump to be sentenced on Jan. 10 in hush-money case

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Last month, Merchan said the Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity for sitting presidents …

Trump Ordered To Appear For Sentencing In Hush Money Trial
6 days, 8 hours ago

Trump Ordered To Appear For Sentencing In Hush Money Trial

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The New York judge overseeing President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money trial has ordered him to appear for his long-delayed sentencing hearing on Jan. 10, more than seven months after he was convicted on all 34 felony counts against him. In his 18-page order, Merchan indicated that he was trying to balance the interests of justice with the …

Trump will be sentenced in hush money case on January 10
6 days, 9 hours ago

Trump will be sentenced in hush money case on January 10

Daily Mail  

Donald Trump will be sentenced in the Stormy Daniels hush money case just 10 days before his inauguration, a judge has ruled. In May, a jury found Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records to hide a $130,000 payment to a porn star - Stormy Daniels - to keep her quiet ahead of the 2016 presidential election about …

Judge upholds Trump's conviction, sets sentencing for Jan. 10
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1 week ago

Judge upholds Trump's conviction, sets sentencing for Jan. 10

LA Times  

Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court during jury deliberations before his felony conviction in May. Merchan wrote that he sought to balance competing interests: Trump’s ability to govern “unencumbered” by the case, the U.S. Supreme Court’s July ruling on presidential immunity, the public’s expectation “that all are equal and no one is above the law,” and the importance of …

Pardon Trump? New York governor says president-elect would have to show ‘remorse’
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Pardon Trump? New York governor says president-elect would have to show ‘remorse’

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — As Donald Trump fights to overturn his hush money criminal conviction, the one New York Democrat with authority to grant him a pardon signaled that she would need to see some remorse from the president-elect first. Kathy Hochul was asked Wednesday if she would consider pardoning Trump, after a judge this week refused to throw out the …

'Grave juror misconduct': Trump lawyers mount new bid to dismiss hush money case
3 weeks, 2 days ago

'Grave juror misconduct': Trump lawyers mount new bid to dismiss hush money case

Raw Story  

Lawyers for Donald Trump now say they’ve uncovered evidence of “grave juror misconduct” in their continued push to shed the incoming president of his 34 felony convictions in New York state court, according to reports. Although details of the juror misconduct references remain murky, attorneys for Trump said they wrote a letter to Judge Juan Merchan after being contacted by …

Trump Claims To Have Evidence Of Juror Misconduct In Hush Money Case
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Trump Claims To Have Evidence Of Juror Misconduct In Hush Money Case

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President-elect Donald Trump’s attorneys are continuing their fight against his hush money conviction by arguing that “grave juror misconduct” tainted the verdict, although prosecutors called the allegation “vague.” Details of the supposed misconduct were redacted from court filings made public Tuesday. New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan decided Monday, however, that Trump is not immune to …

A criminal trial while in office? Will Trump's hush money conviction stand?
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3 weeks, 2 days ago

A criminal trial while in office? Will Trump's hush money conviction stand?

Firstpost  

Donald Trump has lost a bid to dismiss his hush money conviction, as a Manhattan judge ruled that the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity decision does not apply to this case. The ruling keeps the legal drama alive as Trump, now elected for a second term, faces the unprecedented situation of a criminal conviction while in office Former US President Donald …

Judge rules against Trump bid to throw out hush money conviction
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Judge rules against Trump bid to throw out hush money conviction

Deccan Chronicle  

New York: A New York judge ruled Monday against a bid by US President-elect Donald Trump to have his conviction for covering up hush money payments to a porn star thrown out on immunity grounds. Prosecutors convinced a jury during the hush money trial that Trump's payments were made to cover up a scandal that would have hurt his 2016 …

Setback for Trump, US court rejects his bid to throw out hush money conviction
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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Setback for Trump, US court rejects his bid to throw out hush money conviction

Firstpost  

A court in US refused to throw out President-elect Donald Trump’s felony conviction in the New York hush money case because of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity A court in the US denied to throw out Donald Trump’s hush money conviction, saying that the US President-elect’s felony conviction should not be tossed out because of the Supreme …

Trump hush money judge refuses to throw out conviction on presidential ‘immunity’ grounds
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Trump hush money judge refuses to throw out conviction on presidential ‘immunity’ grounds

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s hush money trial has refused …

No presidential immunity for Trump in hush money case
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3 weeks, 3 days ago

No presidential immunity for Trump in hush money case

Hindustan Times  

A judge on Monday ruled that Donald Trump's conviction for falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal should stand, rejecting the U.S. president-elect's argument that a recent Supreme Court ruling nullified the verdict, the New York Times reported. Former U.S. President Donald Trump, alongside his attorney Todd Blanche, speaks to the media as he arrives for his criminal trial …

Trump dealt major blow in bid to quash hush money convictions before inauguration
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Trump dealt major blow in bid to quash hush money convictions before inauguration

Raw Story  

President-elect Donald Trump’s race to shed himself of the criminal convictions he’s racked up in the four years since leaving the White House hit a roadblock Monday when a New York judge rejected his demand to let him off the hook in his fraud case involving hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels. If the ruling survives Trump’s …

Judge rejects Trump’s bid to toss hush money conviction because of Supreme Court immunity ruling
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Judge rejects Trump’s bid to toss hush money conviction because of Supreme Court immunity ruling

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A judge Monday refused to throw out President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction because of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity. Trump’s lawyers then cited the Supreme Court opinion to argue that the hush money jury got some improper evidence, such as Trump’s presidential financial disclosure form, testimony from some White House aides and …

Judge rejects Trump’s bid to overturn hush money conviction | Supreme Court immunity ruling denied
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Judge rejects Trump’s bid to overturn hush money conviction | Supreme Court immunity ruling denied

India TV News  

On Monday, a Manhattan judge denied President-elect Donald Trump’s attempt to dismiss his hush money conviction, rejecting arguments that the US Supreme Court’s recent presidential immunity ruling should invalidate the case. Highlights from Trump’s defense Trump's legal team argued that evidence used in his family, such as financial disclosures and testimony from White House aides, related to his official conduct …

New York judge denies Trump's bid to throw out hush money conviction
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3 weeks, 3 days ago

New York judge denies Trump's bid to throw out hush money conviction

China Daily  

FILE PHOTO: US President-elect Donald Trump, alongside his attorney Todd Blanche, speaks to the media as he arrives for his criminal trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City. NEW YORK -- A judge in New York denied on Monday US President-elect Donald Trump's motion to throw out …

New York judge denies Trump's bid to throw out hush money conviction
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3 weeks, 3 days ago

New York judge denies Trump's bid to throw out hush money conviction

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-12-17 14:13 FILE PHOTO: US President-elect Donald Trump, alongside his attorney Todd Blanche, speaks to the media as he arrives for his criminal trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City. NEW YORK -- A judge in New York denied on Monday US President-elect Donald …

Judge rejects Donald Trump's bid to use presidential immunity to dismiss hush money conviction
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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Judge rejects Donald Trump's bid to use presidential immunity to dismiss hush money conviction

ABC  

A judge has rejected president-elect Donald Trump's bid to have his "hush money" conviction dismissed because of the US Supreme Court's recent ruling on presidential immunity. Manhattan Judge Juan M Merchan's decision on Monday eliminates one potential off-ramp from the case ahead of Trump's return to office next month, but his lawyers have raised other arguments for dismissal. A jury …

US judge rejects Donald Trump's attempt to dismiss hush money conviction: Report
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3 weeks, 3 days ago

US judge rejects Donald Trump's attempt to dismiss hush money conviction: Report

India Today  

A judge in New York on Monday rejected US President-elect Donald Trump’s attempt to have his hush money conviction dismissed, dismissing his claim that a recent Supreme Court ruling on the President's immunity ruling had invalidated the verdict. Donald Trump was convicted in May of falsifying business records related to a $130,000 hush money payment made to adult film actress …

Judge rejects Trump’s bid to throw out Stormy Daniels hush money conviction
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Judge rejects Trump’s bid to throw out Stormy Daniels hush money conviction

Al Jazeera  

A New York judge rejected a claim by Trump’s lawyers that he is immune from prosecution as a former US president. A United States judge has rejected a claim by Donald Trump’s lawyers that the president-elect’s hush money conviction should be thrown out because the Supreme Court has ruled that former presidents are immune from prosecution. New York Judge Juan …

Trump loses bid to toss hush money conviction based on presidential immunity
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Trump loses bid to toss hush money conviction based on presidential immunity

Politico  

In that July decision — issued more than a month after a New York jury convicted Trump in the hush money case — the Supreme Court declared that prosecutors generally cannot charge former presidents with crimes, or even introduce evidence, stemming from their official presidential acts. And the judge wrote that even if some of that evidence had been improperly …

Judge rules Trump does not have presidential immunity protections in hush money conviction
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Judge rules Trump does not have presidential immunity protections in hush money conviction

CNN  

CNN — Donald Trump’s felony conviction in the New York hush money case should not be tossed out because of the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity, Judge Juan Merchan ruled Monday. “Even if this Court did find that the disputed evidence constitutes official acts under the auspices of the Trump decision, which it does not, Defendant’s motion is still …

Judge rejects Trump’s bid to dismiss hush money conviction because of justices’ immunity ruling
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Judge rejects Trump’s bid to dismiss hush money conviction because of justices’ immunity ruling

LA Times  

Donald Trump at Manhattan criminal court in New York in April 2024. A judge Monday rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s bid to have his hush money felony conviction dismissed because of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity. Trump’s lawyers then cited the Supreme Court opinion to argue that the jury in the hush money case got some improper …

Trump’s lawyers rebuff DA’s idea for upholding his hush money conviction, calling it ‘absurd’
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Trump’s lawyers rebuff DA’s idea for upholding his hush money conviction, calling it ‘absurd’

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers urged a judge again Friday to throw out his hush money conviction, balking at the prosecution’s suggestion of preserving the verdict by treating the case the way some courts do when a defendant dies. They called the idea “absurd.” The Manhattan district attorney’s office is asking Judge Juan M. Merchan to “pretend as …

DA suggests unusual idea for halting Trump’s hush money case while upholding his conviction
4 weeks, 2 days ago

DA suggests unusual idea for halting Trump’s hush money case while upholding his conviction

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Eager to preserve President-elect Donald Trump ’s hush money conviction even as he returns to office, prosecutors are suggesting various ways forward — including one based on how some courts handle criminal cases when defendants die. Trump’s spokesperson called the ideas “pathetic.” In court papers made public Tuesday, the Manhattan district attorney’s office proposed an array of …

Manhattan DA urges judge not to toss out guilty verdict in Trump hush money case
1 month ago

Manhattan DA urges judge not to toss out guilty verdict in Trump hush money case

Politico  

Trump was found guilty in May of 34 felonies for falsifying business records related to a hush money scheme that covered up a potential sex scandal in the final days of the 2016 presidential campaign. “Even after the inauguration, defendant’s temporary immunity as the sitting President will still not justify the extreme remedy of discarding the jury’s unanimous guilty verdict …

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