President-elect Donald Trump has petitioned a New York state appeals court to dismiss his criminal conviction stemming from hush money payments, the latest step he has taken to halt his criminal sentencing scheduled for Friday.
Trump’s legal team told the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court the case should be thrown out entirely, a sign that Trump is taking the U.S. Supreme Court‘s presidential immunity ruling in Trump v. United States to its farthest-reaching limits.
Former President Donald Trump speaks alongside his attorney, Todd Blanche, on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, outside the courtroom in Manhattan Criminal Court in New York. (Justin Lane/Pool Photo via AP)
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“Justice Merchan is without authority under the law to proceed to sentencing while President Trump exercises his federal constitutional right to
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