Bragg asks judge to keep Trump hush money case intact
By
Ashley Oliver
December 10, 2024 2:19 pm
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg asked a judge to reject President-elect Donald Trump’s request for his hush money conviction be tossed out, according to a court filing made public on Tuesday.
Prosecutors for Bragg wrote in the lengthy filing that they opposed Trump’s request, that the verdict in the case should stand, and that Trump should be sentenced after a jury found him guilty this year of falsifying business records.
“The extreme remedy of dismissing the indictment and vacating the jury verdict is not warranted in light of multiple alternative accommodations that would fully address the concerns raised by presidential immunity,” prosecutors wrote.
Trump’s attorneys argued earlier this month that as president-elect, Trump was exempt from participating in any court proceedings because he had presidential immunity and other constitutional protections.
“Wrongly continuing proceedings in this failed lawfare case disrupts President Trump’s transition efforts,” Trump’s attorneys had said.
Judge Juan Merchan postponed Trump’s sentencing indefinitely last month to give Trump and Bragg time to make arguments for and against dropping the case entirely.
Prosecutors in the New York borough of Manhattan said that, at most, Trump’s sentencing hearing and any appellate proceedings could be postponed until after Trump leaves office in four years.
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