Manhattan prosecutors reject Trump’s attempts to derail hush money conviction

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 Manhattan prosecutors are urging the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial to reject his attempts to toss out his conviction and derail his sentencing. Prosecutors have also floated delaying a sentencing hearing until 2029, “after the end of Defendant’s upcoming presidential term.” While prosecutors are “mindful of the demands and obligations of the presidency” and understand that Trump’s return to the White House “will raise unprecedented legal questions,” they also “deeply respect the fundamental role of the jury in our constitutional system.” Bragg’s office has asked to respond to Trump’s motion to dismiss the conviction no later than December 9. open image in gallery Donald Trump, pictured inside a Manhattan criminal courtroom during his hush money trial, is trying to have his conviction overturned before he enters the White House “This is a total and definitive victory for President Trump and the American People who elected him in a landslide,” Trump’s communications director Steven Cheung said in a statement. The lawyer who won Trump his biggest court victory yet — D. John Sauer, who argued in front of federal appeals court judges and the Supreme Court to shield Trump from criminal prosecution, derailing Trump’s federal election interference case and hush money convictions — was awarded with the role of solicitor general. open image in gallery Todd Blanche, right, and Emil Bove, left, were offered top positions at the Department of Justice after defending Donald Trump in his hush money case A jury found Trump guilty of falsifying business records in connection with a scheme to silence adult film star Stormy Daniels, whose story about having sex with Trump threatened his 2016 presidential campaign.