


Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg asked a judge in New York to deny former President Donald Trump‘s request that his hush money case be tossed out on presidential immunity grounds, according to a court filing made public Thursday.
Prosecutors for Bragg told Judge Juan Merchan the Supreme Court’s recent decision that presidents enjoy some immunity from criminal prosecution had “no bearing” on Trump’s case.
“Contrary to defendant’s arguments, that decision has no bearing on this prosecution and would not support vacatur of the jury’s unanimous verdict (let alone dismissal of the indictment) even if its reasoning did apply here,” prosecutors wrote.
Trump was convicted in May of falsifying records of a payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election, but after the Supreme Court issued its immunity decision on July 1, Trump requested the trial and charges be dismissed.
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The Supreme Court had included a stipulation in its ruling that certain evidence involving a president’s official acts cannot be used against the president in a criminal prosecution. Trump argued that several pieces of evidence, such as his exchanges with former White House communications aide Hope Hicks, were improperly introduced at his trial based on the high court’s ruling.
This story is developing.