Will Trump’s Hush Money Conviction Get Tossed?
Summary from the AllSides News Team
On Thursday, former President Donald Trump’s lawyers requested Judge Juan Merchan vacate the May 30 conviction for falsifying business records, citing the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity.
The Details: In a 55-page court filing, Trump’s lawyers explained that much of the evidence presented in the hush money trial was now inadmissible due to the recent Supreme Court ruling, which states official actions of presidents are immune from prosecution, and therefore the conviction must be thrown out.
For Context: Trump initially filed a motion to dismiss the trial in May, citing the immunity case, which at that time was undecided. The motion was consequentially denied, allowing the case to continue. Since the Supreme Court decision does raise questions over the allowance of evidence, the Manhattan Court must decide how to proceed. Prosecutors must voice their arguments on how to apply the Supreme Court decision by July 24. Sentencing has been delayed until September due to the situation.
How the Media Covered It: Media across the spectrum covered the details. Outlets on the left, like Politico (Lean Left Bias), tended to mention that Trump is trying to “harness the immunity ruling to derail his other criminal cases,” and said that despite the unknown, Trump has already enjoyed “something of a victory” with the delay in sentencing. Outlets on the right often focused more on statements from Trump’s attorneys, saying they “scolded” District Attorney Alvin Bragg for not heeding the initial motion filed before the conviction was secured.
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Former President Donald Trump asked a judge in New York to dismiss his hush money indictment on the grounds that prosecutors used evidence at trial that went against the Supreme Court‘s recent ruling on presidential immunity.
Trump’s attorneys wrote in a 55-page brief, made public on Thursday, that a jury’s verdict that Trump was guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records should also be tossed out, urging Judge Juan Merchan to correct “injustices” in light of the high court’s landmark decision.
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Trump lawyers invoke immunity ruling in bid to toss hush money verdict![AllSides Media Bias Rating: Center AllSides Media Bias Rating: Center](https://www.allsides.com/sites/default/files/bias-center.png)
Donald Trump's lawyers on Thursday said Manhattan prosecutors improperly relied on evidence of the former U.S. president's official acts in securing his conviction on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star.
In a court filing dated July 10 but made public on Thursday, defense lawyers said the May 30 guilty verdict in the first-ever criminal trial of a U.S. president should be set aside following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity.
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Trump urges judge to toss his hush money conviction in light of Supreme Court immunity ruling![AllSides Media Bias Rating: Lean Left AllSides Media Bias Rating: Lean Left](https://www.allsides.com/sites/default/files/bias-leaning-left.png)
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Donald Trump told the judge who oversaw his Manhattan criminal trial that his conviction should be tossed out due to the Supreme Court’s recent decision on presidential immunity, saying the prosecution was an effort “to front-run the Supreme Court on a federal constitutional issue with grave implications.”
In a 55-page court filing, Trump’s lawyers argued that evidence used during the trial improperly included “official acts” that he undertook as president. In a July 1 decision arising from one of Trump’s other criminal cases, the Supreme Court said former presidents are immune from...
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