UPDATE: Judge Merchan Makes a Move on Whether to Toss Trump Case

TOWNHALL | Published November 13, 2024

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New York Judge Juan Merchan will make a decision today about whether to toss the June conviction of President-elect Donald Trump on so-called ‘fraud’ charges. The conviction came down in the deeply Democrat city after heavy handed and biased Manhattan Prosecutor Alvin Bragg brought a minor book keeping case against him.

“The possibility that Judge Juan Merchan will drop, because of presidential immunity, President Trump’s 34 felony convictions throws into sharp relief the increasingly precarious condition of the state cases — civil and criminal — against the former and future president in the wake of his electoral triumph,” the New York Sun reports. ‘Trump’s win could also set the stage for a new chapter of legal clashes as state judges and prosecutors determine whether to retreat or press on in the face of the 45th president’s turn as the 47th.”

Merchan set sentencing for September, but delayed until after the presidential election on November 26 after a request from Trump’s legal team.

 

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SOURCE: www.townhall.com

RELATED: Judge delays ruling on whether to scrap Trump’s conviction in hush money case

New York Judge Juan M. Merchan is postponing a decision on whether to undo President-elect Donald Trump’s conviction in his hush-money case.
NEW YORK POST | Published November 13, 2024

A Manhattan judge agreed Tuesday to briefly delay ruling on whether to toss President-elect Donald Trump’s conviction on charges related to hush money paid to a porn star.

Trump’s lawyers had said the state court should put the case on ice while Trump prepares to serve as the country’s next commander-in-chief — and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has now at least partly agreed to the move, seeking a date of Nov. 19 for the judge’s ruling while his office decides what next steps would be “appropriate.

“The people agree that these are unprecedented circumstances,” Bragg’s office wrote in an email made public Tuesday morning.

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan granted the joint request and moved his deadline, which had been set for Tuesday, back a week to decide whether to scrap the verdict based on the US Supreme Court’s “presidential immunity” ruling.

Trump’s lawyers argue that continuing on with the case, and a possible sentencing scheduled for Nov. 26, would be an “unconstitutional impediment” to Trump as he prepares to reenter the White House in January, emails released Tuesday show.

Trump, 78, has aimed to reverse May’s verdict based on July’s Supreme Court ruling immunizing a president for “official acts” taken in office. His lawyers also argue that the trial was “tainted” by evidence jurors heard from Trump’s first term in the White House.

 

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SOURCE: www.nypost.com

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