Trump seeks to set aside his New York hush money guilty verdict after Supreme Court immunity ruling
The letter to Judge Juan M. Merchan cited the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling earlier Monday on presidential immunity and asked the judge to delay Trump’s sentencing while he weighs the high court’s decision and how it could influence the New York case, according to the letter obtained by The Associated Press.
The lawyers argue that the Supreme Court’s decision confirmed a position the defense raised earlier in the case that prosecutors should have been precluded from introducing some evidence they said constituted official presidential acts, according to the letter.
Trump seeks to set aside his New York hush money guilty verdict after Supreme Court immunity ruling
Donald Trump’s lawyers have sent a letter to the New York judge in his hush money criminal case seeking permission to file a motion to set aside his guilty verdict.
