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.
Yes I know that’s what they’re talking about. And this SCOTUS ruling doesn’t effect that case at all.
This case was brought to SCOTUS by Trumps Jan6 lawers. It only matters to things done while in office.
The bribery case, the falsified documents case, aren’t at all effected by this ruling.