Prosecutors urge judge not to toss out Trump’s hush money conviction, pushing back on immunity claim
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Prosecutors are urging a judge to uphold Donald Trump’s historic hush money conviction. The Manhattan district attorney’s office argued in court papers made public Thursday that the verdict should stand despite the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity.
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Donald Trump does not have presidential immunity for covering up a payoff to a porn star from the Oval Office – and his hush money conviction should stand, Manhattan prosecutors argued Thursday.
Prosecutors are urging a judge to uphold Donald Trump’s historic hush money conviction. The Manhattan district attorney’s office argued in court papers made public Thursday that the verdict should stand despite the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity.
Manhattan prosecutors said there is no basis to overturn Donald Trump’s conviction in the hush money case after the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office said in a court filing that the high court’s opinion “has no bearing” on the hush money case because it involves unofficial acts for which a former president is not immune.
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors are urging a judge to uphold Donald Trump’s historic hush money conviction, arguing in court papers made public Thursday that the verdict should stand despite the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg asked a judge to deny former President Donald Trump's request that his hush money case be tossed out on presidential immunity grounds, according to a court filing.
New York’s attorney general urged the Supreme Court on Wednesday to stay out of Donald Trump’s hush money criminal case, arguing the nation’s highest court should not grant a novel request by Missouri to pause his sentencing hearing and lift the gag order imposed on the former president in the case.
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