NYT: Trumps lawyers try again to throw out his Manhattan criminal case, hoping to clear before return to WH [View all]

[Dennis Donovan]

NYT - (archived: https://archive.ph/OqqH5 ) Emboldened by Re-election, Trump Renews Bid to Overturn His Conviction

Donald J. Trump’s lawyers have moved in recent days to throw out his criminal case in Manhattan, underscoring his expansive view of presidential power and its supremacy over the rule of law.



By Ben Protess, Kate Christobek and Jonah E. Bromwich
Nov. 12, 2024, 10:02 a.m. ET

President-elect Donald J. Trump is mounting a resurgent bid to dismiss his criminal conviction in New York in the wake of his electoral victory, hoping to clear his record of 34 felonies before returning to the White House, court records unsealed on Tuesday show.

Emboldened by the election results, Mr. Trump’s lawyers moved in recent days to throw out the case against the former and future president, who was convicted in May of falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal.

The Manhattan district attorney’s office, which prosecuted Mr. Trump, asked to pause decisions in the case until Nov. 19 so it could weigh how to respond. And the judge overseeing the case, Juan M. Merchan, promptly granted the pause, effectively freezing any progress for the next week.

Justice Merchan was set to rule on several crucial issues this month, including Mr. Trump’s sentence, but that schedule is now on hold.

In requesting the pause, one of the Manhattan prosecutors emailed the judge on Sunday to acknowledge the “unprecedented circumstances” and the need to weigh the competing interests of the jury’s verdict against “the office of the president,” a copy of the email posted publicly on Tuesday shows.

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Breaking News: Donald Trump’s lawyers again moved to throw out his criminal case in Manhattan, hoping to clear his record of 34 felonies before he returns to the White House.

November 12, 2024 at 10:45 AM

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