Trump Moves To Boot Felony Convictions: I’m Immune

ABC News reports:

President-elect Donald Trump’s criminal hush money conviction in New York must be dismissed “to facilitate the orderly transition of Executive power,” Trump’s defense attorneys argued Wednesday in a letter to the court.

Defense attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove — both of whom Trump nominated last week to top DOJ posts in his new administration — sought the judge’s permission to file a motion to dismiss the case.

“Continuing with this case would be uniquely destabilizing,” the defense letter argued. “Just as a sitting President is completely immune from any criminal process, so too is President Trump as President-elect.”

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New: Trump’s attys showing boldness in new motion saying dismissing @ManhattanDA‘s hush money case – and a guilty verdict – “is what is mandated by the law and *will happen* as justice takes its course.” https://t.co/JL8uJXvQ23 pic.twitter.com/rN7p0lLrAw

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