DA Urges Judge To Reject Trump’s Immunity Claims

The Hill reports:

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s (D) office told a state judge to reject former President Trump’s claims that his recent guilty verdict must be set aside following the Supreme Court’s landmark presidential immunity ruling.

New York Judge Juan Merchan delayed Trump’s criminal sentencing until September to first consider his claims that prosecutors improperly introduced protected, official acts as evidence at his recent hush money trial.

Trump has never argued that he has presidential immunity from the 34 counts themselves. But after the Supreme Court carved out immunity for former presidents earlier this month, he latched onto a portion of the decision prohibiting prosecutors from bringing in official acts as evidence, even if they are charging unprotected conduct.

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New: ⁦@ManhattanDA⁩ rejects Trump’s immunity argument, saying he failed to object & any official conducts is “a sliver of the mountains of testimony & documentary proof.”

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