Donald Trump’s lawyers have asked for the former president’s conviction in his hush-money criminal case to be overturned and his sentencing this month delayed, US media report.
A letter sent by Trump’s lawyers to the New York judge presiding over the trial reportedly cites Monday’s Supreme Court ruling that granted the former president immunity from prosecution for official actions he took while in office.
In May, Trump was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records. He will be sentenced on 11 July.
His team points out that he signed off the records while president in 2017, but one lawyer suggested this was unlikely to be considered an official act.
Not only that, the crime happened way before he was president.
The Prosecutors used evidence from when Trump was in office so that makes the ruling apply. It’s so dumb
But the evidence isn’t immune.
The ruling wasn’t just that you can’t charge the president with crimes related official acts. It also said that you can’t use official acts as evidence. Since the case included evidence from the time when Trump was president, they want it thrown out because apparently that shouldn’t be admissible because fuck you.
I can’t wait to see how none of this applies to Biden.
JD Vance has already said immunity doesn’t apply to Biden.
Shocking.
Doesn’t seem like an official act to me
But I believe the concern, and the entire reason prosecutors are allowing the delay, is that all evidence from the time Trump was president has become “privileged” and now may need to be individually approved as admissible.
This evidence was signing hush money checks while he was president, apparently.
And is in now way official business…
But that’s the kicker. SCOTUS, ultimately, gets to decide what is official and what is not.