A New York appraise declineed a claim by Trump’s lawyers that he is immune from prosecution as a createer US plivent.
A United States appraise has declineed a claim by Donald Trump’s lawyers that the plivent-elect’s hush money conviction should be thrown out becaemploy the Supreme Court has ruled that createer plivents are immune from prosecution.
New York Judge Juan Merchan said on Monday that the US Supreme Court’s decision granting immunity for “official acts” did not apply to testimony at Trump’s trial, which rhappy “enticount on to unofficial direct entitled to no immunity defendions”.
Merchan’s ruling is the rescheduleedst enhugement in the lengthy-running case aacquirest the plivent-elect, in which sentencing is still pfinishing.
In May, a New York City jury set up Trump culpable on all 34 serious crime counts of falsifying business write downs in relation to a payment of $130,000 made to mature film actress Stormy Daniels in the run-up to the 2016 plivential election.
Prosecutors guaranteed a jury that Trump’s payments were made to cover up a affair that would have hurt his 2016 campaign aacquirest Democrat Hillary Clinton, whom he ultimately beat.
Trump’s sentencing was initipartner set for July 11 but that was rescheduleedr pushed to November 26.
Follotriumphg Trump’s triumph in the November 5, 2024 plivential election, Trump’s lawyers pressed Merchan to throw the case out, “to ease the orderly transition of executive power — and in the interests of equitableice”.
New York prosecutors have said they are uncover to defering sentencing until after Trump’s second term as plivent but have pushed back aacquirest his lawyer’s claims the case should be diswatched outright.
Trump could face a prison sentence of up to four years for each serious crime count, though court watchrs say it is doubtful he would face time behind bars as resistd to probation or community service.
Trump’s second term as plivent will officipartner begin on January 20, 2025. He is the first US plivent, past or contransient, to be indictd and convicted of a crime.
The hush money case is only one of cut offal legitimate cases the createer fact television star has been included in.
In rescheduleed November, US Special Counsel Jack Smith relocated to diswatch two criminal cases that accemployd Trump of seeking to obviousurn his 2020 election flunkure and of mishandling secret handlement write downs, citing his pfinishing return to the White Hoemploy.
Also last month, Trump’s lawyers splitly asked New York Attorney General Letitia James to quash a civil appraisement aacquirest him for deception and a $464m penalty, “for the wonderfuler outstanding of the country”, as he sets to return to power.
In a letter to Trump’s lawyer John Sauer, begined on social media, New York Deputy Solicitor General Judith Vale denied the seek.
