Trump's attorneys have reviewed draft of Jack Smith's final special counsel report and want it blocked from public release

N.Y. appellate judge allows Trump's Friday hush money sentencing to go forward:good4u:​


A New York appeals court judge on Tuesday denied Donald Trump's bid for an emergency order halting the president-elect's scheduled sentencing Friday on criminal charges in the hush money case.

Justice Ellen Gesmer rejected the emergency stay request following brief arguments between Trump attorney Todd Blanche and a lawyer from the Manhattan district attorney's office.

"There has never been a case like this," Blanche told Gesmer in the hearing at the state Appellate Division, a mid-level appeals court.

Blanche argued that Trump is already protected by presidential immunity and "should not have to go through any legal process."

Steven Wu of the Manhattan district attorney's office urged the judge reject the request.

"This is a claim that the president-elect is entitled to immunity, and there is no support for that," he said, adding that the "claim is so baseless that there is no basis for any kind of stay here."

"There is one president at a time," Wu said.

The judge asked the DA lawyer about Trump's claim that the proceeding would be disruptive to his presidential transition.

Wu responded that the proceeding would be virtual and would likely take about an hour.

Blanche countered that a sentencing is "a very big deal."

Trump's petition said the appeals court needed to grant “an immediate stay of any further criminal proceedings" in the trial court to "prevent ongoing violations of the constitutional rights of President Trump and a threatened disruption of the Presidential transition, a process that directly concerns the United States of America’s national security and vital interests."

It contended that Trump is already protected by presidential immunity so he can't be sentenced, and that his conviction in May of last year should be thrown out on other presidential immunity grounds.

In a brief ruling, Gesmer wrote, “After consideration of the papers submitted and the extensive oral argument, movant’s application for an interim stay is denied.”

Blanche, who Trump has said he would nominate to be deputy attorney general, did not comment leaving court.

Judge Juan Merchan had initially postponed Trump's scheduled sentencing in July of last year in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling setting a new standard for presidential immunity that month.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/n-y-appellate-judge-allows-205946368.html
 
Magats_Love_NHB said:
Everyone already knows that Trump is a huge piece of sewage, and releasing the report probably isn't going to change anyone's mind about that cockwomble, but the report should be released so that it can be part of the public record and can be written into history. If it is not released before Trump takes office, it will disappear forever, and no one will ever know what it contained.
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That's why he had his pet judge put a stay on the release.
 
TOP said:
Merchant...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Seriously. Oops!

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