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| Judge rejects Trump request to toss Bragg charges in New York on basis of presidential immunity |
| 2024-12-17 |
| [FoxNews] Judge Juan Merchan on Monday rejected Trump attorneys' request to dismiss charges brought against him by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on the basis of presidential immunity. The ruling comes after President-elect Trump and his team in July requested Merchan overturn his guilty verdict in New York v. Trump, citing the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that presidents have immunity for official acts. Merchan ruled that the evidence presented in the trial was related "entirely to unofficial conduct and thus, receive no immunity protections." "Further, even if this Court were to deem all of the contested evidence, both preserved and unpreserved, as official conduct falling within the outer perimeter of Defendant’s Presidential authority, it would still find that the People’s use of these acts as evidence of the decidedly personal acts of falsifying business records poses no danger of intrusion on the authority and function of the Executive Branch, a conclusion amply supported by non-motive-related evidence," Merchan writes. Related: Juan Merchan 12/12/2024 Alvin Bragg's latest banana-republic Trump stunt proves AGAIN that he must go Juan Merchan 11/19/2024 BREAKING: Far-Left NY Judge Indefinitely Postpones Trump's Sentencing. Juan Merchan 11/12/2024 Judge to rule whether to throw out Trump's criminal hush money conviction |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #3 Ooooh. Suing Bragg for civile rights violations would be priceless! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2024-12-17 15:49 |
| #2 I see a test case for this judge under federal law. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-12-17 12:35 |
| #1 Judge making up his own laws to facilitate Bragg who was making up his own laws. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-12-17 08:31 |