In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity, President Donald Trump’s lawyers are moving full speed toward helping exonerate their client.
The SCOTUS ruling offered Trump some level of immunity for “official acts” committed while president.
According to Yahoo News, Trump’s lawyers are using the ruling in an attempt to reverse the 34 felony charges from the New York “hush money” case.
The Supreme Court ruling was originally related to the classified documents probe.
However, Trump’s lawyers argue that it also applies to the New York case and have filed a motion to have the charges vacated.
His lawyers argue that evidence used by the prosecutors in the New York case is grounds for using the immunity decision to have the charges thrown out.
Trump’s legal defense team held nothing back in their attempt to have the charges vacated.
Yahoo News noted:
“Justice Juan Merchan this month delayed Trump’s sentencing by two months after defence lawyers said the justices’ July 1 ruling that presidents cannot face criminal charges over official acts meant prosecutors should not have shown evidence from Trump’s time in the White House at trial.”
They argued that because of that, the verdict “could not stand.”
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office now has until July 24 to respond to Trump’s motion to vacate the verdict.
Yahoo News noted:
“Legal experts said Trump faces steep odds of getting the hush money conviction overturned since much of the case involves conduct before his presidency and the evidence from his time in the White House has more to do with private conduct.”
So far, Trump’s lawyers have scored numerous victories in the way of having trials delayed until after the November election.
Delays allow Trump the opportunity to win the presidency and appoint an AG who will quash the cases, and any others that pop up.
So far, Trump’s legal issues have not affected him politically.
His polling numbers remain strong and his fundraising remains steady.
Only time will tell if the New York verdict is thrown out, however.
https://slaynews.com/news/trumps-lawyers-file-motion-vacate-new-york-hush-money-verdict/
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