The ex-president's lawyers cite a new Supreme Court ruling that granted him partial immunity from prosecution.

Donald Trump’s lawyers have asked for the former president’s conviction in his hush-money criminal case to be overturned and his sentencing this month delayed, US media report.

A letter sent by Trump’s lawyers to the New York judge presiding over the trial reportedly cites Monday’s Supreme Court ruling that granted the former president immunity from prosecution for official actions he took while in office.

In May, Trump was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records. He will be sentenced on 11 July.

His team points out that he signed off the records while president in 2017, but one lawyer suggested this was unlikely to be considered an official act.

  • Baphomet_The_Blasphemer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    601·
    4 months ago

    If illegally bribing a porn star to be quiet about an extra marital affair before he won the election is considered an official act of the president, then I’m officially done with this country.

    • Melkath@kbin.earth
      940·
      4 months ago

      That’s your line?

      That line hasn’t already been crossed ten times over for you?

      Genocide? You can stomach that.

      Paying a pornstar? Now that is just unacceptable!

        • logicbomb@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          4 months ago

          And Trump told Israel that they should “finish” Gaza.

          Trump is more genocidal than Biden, anyway.

          • Melkath@kbin.earth
            28·
            4 months ago

            I didn’t invoke Biden’s name, so point stands, it’s the pornstar money that’s the line.

            • logicbomb@lemmy.worldEnglish
              0·
              4 months ago

              That doesn’t make any sense. Explain why you included the part about genocide at all of you didn’t intend it to be about Biden. It wouldn’t make sense to include that paragraph if you meant Trump or were trying to be ambiguous.

              • Melkath@kbin.earth
                02·
                4 months ago

                Yes, I was referencing the one that is actually committing genocide.

                You came along to help me out though and pointed out that Trump wants genocide too, re-framing my argument.

                You and StinkyOnions were the ones who went “genocide? Oh, ya, the guy I support. Because I support genocide.”

                I’m just saying its cute for people claiming moral superiority “being done with the country” because of pornstar money, not genocide.

        • Melkath@kbin.earth
          318·
          4 months ago

          Amazing how yall cant talk about Biden without bringing up Trump, but you’re lockstep about not bringing up Biden when talking about Trump.

          Its adorable.

          PS: He also specifically said “done with this country.”

          • StinkyOnions@lemmy.worldEnglish
            71·
            4 months ago

            That makes absolutely no sense. This is a thread about Trump with an article posted about Trump. Yet you’re here “biden bad” when it has absolutely nothing to do with him. You’re being disengenious.

      • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        4 months ago

        Paying a pornstar? Now that is just unacceptable!

        That person wasn’t complaining about the hush money, they were complaining about a corrupt court system, that bends the law in extreme ways, to let their appointer commit crimes without consequences.