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TRUMP Says Constitution Mandates Dismissal of Hush Money Case -IT DOES NOT
TRUMP DEMANDS Immediate Dismissal of Criminal Hush Money Case- Bids to Run Out Clock on Case
Says he can't be sentenced while president-elect or president
Trump Lawyer Tells NY Judge Constitution Mandates Dismissal. But the Truth is: IT DOES NOT
AP 21 NOV 2024
In a troubling development (for two reasons), Donald Trumps criminal defense attorneys tell New York State court Judge Juan Merchan that "the Constitution" mandates dismissal of Trumps 34 guilty verdicts, that The Presidential Transition Act of 1963 mandates dismissal of his guilty verdicts, and that the interests of justice mandate dismissal as well.
The first problem is that all three of these assertions are false.
The second problem is that these three assertions were made by the person Trump has named as the Deputy Attorney General - the number two person at the Department of Justice - Todd Blanche.
Trumps attorneys signaled an effort to try to run out the clock on his New York hush money case, asking Judge Juan Merchan for a month to mount a formal effort to dismiss his criminal conviction in the wake of his Election Day win.
Attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove whom Trump has named to the No. 2 and No. 3 spots, respectively, in his Justice Department ? requested permission to wait until Dec. 20 to file their motion, which would come just a month before Trumps inauguration. Their letter was made public Wednesday.
Prosecutors want a much faster timeline.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) said in a Tuesday letter his office is open to freezing the proceedings during Trumps presidency but urged the judge to set a speedier schedule to resolve the matter, proposing Trump file his brief promptly and that prosecutors respond by 9 Dec.
The maneuverings suggest the Trump teams intention is to delay the proceedings to make it as unlikely as possible that Merchan would sentence Trump before his inauguration.
Once Trump is in office, the case is almost certain to be frozen or tossed out, and thered be no chance of such a sentencing.
Prosecutors oppose fully dismissing the case.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REjPzt1IqrQ
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