Donald Trump's lawyers pointed to an unlikely figure in their demand for the judge to dismiss the president-elect's New York criminal case: hunter biden,
Trump's lawyers said in a court filing made public Tuesday that President Biden's controversial pardon His son echoed Trump's complaints about the prosecution.
“Yesterday, in issuing a 10-year pardon to Hunter Biden that covers any and all crimes, whether charged or uncharged, President Biden claimed his son was 'selectively pardoned. from, and unfairly prosecuted,' and 'treated differently,'” he wrote, before claiming Trump had been treated similarly.
In a filing submitted Monday night, they formally asked a New York judge to oust the president-elect criminal case and cancel the unanimous jury conclusion That Trump committed dozens of felonies.
His argument attacked the quality of the case against Trump, but mainly focused on an argument entirely unique in the history of the US legal system. Trump's lawyers said the only reason his conviction should not be upheld in state court is because he was elected president after he was convicted.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's prosecutors have vowed to oppose the dismissal motion, and have been given a one-week deadline to file their response. They pursued the case amid public threats of retaliation by Trump's allies and anonymous threats of violence by his supporters.
Trump's lawyers argued in their filing that the Constitution requires the case to be dismissed, even if the trial has already proceeded, because the ongoing proceedings risk diverting attention from Trump's presidency.
“Continuing proceedings in this unsuccessful legal case wrongfully disrupts President Trump’s transition efforts and his preparation to exercise the full Article II executive power authorized by the Constitution in accordance with the overwhelming national mandate given to him by the American people on November 5, 2024.” Is,” wrote. His lawyers, Todd Blanch and Emil Bove, are each expected to take high-level positions at the Justice Department after Trump's inauguration.
Recently Trump was sentenced Adjourned Third time. After he was convicted in May, Justice Juan Merchan scheduled sentencing for July 11. In the interim, the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling concluding that former presidents cannot be charged with official acts, and cannot be indicted in evidence related to their official function as president. Be used as evidence against them.
The first sentencing postponement came because Trump's lawyers wanted to file a motion to dismiss based on the Supreme Court's decision. Marchen has not yet ruled on that motion.
He then asked for and was granted a postponement of the sentencing to another date, 18 September, arguing that it was too close to the election.
After Trump won the presidency on November 5, his lawyers immediately indicated they would file the request Monday. In Trump's filing, his lawyers describe his election victory as “overwhelming.”
Bragg's office has postponed the sentencing and other proceedings until Trump's term in office, which ends in 2029.
“Various non-dismissal options should be considered that could address any concerns raised by the pendency of post-trial criminal proceedings during the presidency, such as all remaining criminal proceedings pending the expiration of the defendant's upcoming presidential term.” “To postpone,” he wrote in a letter to Märchen on November 19.
The Manhattan case against Trump established two unprecedented firsts. He was the first person in American history to be elected president after being convicted of crimes. When the anonymous jury concluded In May he was convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records, becoming the first former president convicted of the crimes.
The case revolves around the concealment of payment of “hush money” to an adult film star before his first election in 2016. While in office, Trump authorized a scheme to conceal reimbursements to an attorney who had paid the actress within a matter of days. Before Trump's first election.
Trump pleaded not guilty in the case and minutes after being convicted promised he would fight the jury's decision.