Trump Files Motion to Toss Manhattan Conviction, Citing Presidential Immunity

This is not a winning motion. In the Manhattan case, he's accused -- falsely -- of mis-categorizing payments to Stormy Barn-Vagina as a private citizen, before he was president. This is a delaying maneuver only.

But there will be a delay. Alvin Bragg has agreed that the motion should be argued before sentencing, which had been scheduled for July 11.

The hearing will probably be scheduled in a couple of weeks, and last a couple of days. (A hearing on a motion doesn't take a long time like a trial often does.) Then the decision will be quickly written by leftwing operative Judge Merchan. Trump does then have the right to appeal his ruling, but I don't think that Bragg will agree to delay the sentencing through the appeals process.

I just don't see this delaying things more than a month. He won't be able to push this past the election or anything.

In better news, Professor William Jacobsen says that the DC case against Trump has "mostly gone away" due to the immunity ruling-- the hearings and appeals will delay it until after the election, and Tanya Chutkan will not get her big chance to convict Trump before the election.

posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:17 PM

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