Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan refused to throw out the President-elect’s hush money conviction because of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity. But the overall future of the historic case remains unclear.
’s hush money conviction because of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity. But the overall future of the historic case remains unclear.
The allegations involved a scheme to hide the payout to Daniels during the final days of Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign to keep her from publicizing—and keep voters from hearing—her claim of a sexual encounter with the married then-businessman years earlier. He says nothing sexual happened between them.
In Monday’s ruling, Merchan denied the bulk of Trump’s claims that some of prosecutors’ evidence related to official acts and implicated immunity protections. “This lawless case should have never been brought, and the Constitution demands that it be immediately dismissed,” Cheung said in a statement.Merchan’s decision noted that part of the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling declared that “not everything the president does is official.” Trump’s social media posts, for example, were personal, Merchan wrote.
Over the last six months, his lawyers have made numerous efforts to get the conviction and the overall case dismissed. After Trump won last month’s election, Merchan indefinitely postponed his sentencing—which had been scheduled for late November—so defense lawyers and prosecutors could suggest next steps.
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