Trump's attorneys have reviewed draft of Jack Smith's final special counsel report and want it blocked from public release
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鬼百合
One day we will wake to his obituary :-)
NY State Appeals Court Denies 'Ridiculous' Effort to Halt Trump Sentencing | "Immunity doesn't apply to the unofficial conduct for which he was convicted in NY," wrote one legal expert.
NY State Appeals Court Denies 'Ridiculous' Effort to Halt Trump Sentencing | Common Dreams
"Immunity doesn't apply to the unofficial conduct for which he was convicted in NY," wrote one legal expert.
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signalmankenneth
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N.Y. appellate judge allows Trump's Friday hush money sentencing to go forward
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
ThatOwlWoman
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Why should Trump even care what it says? He got what he wanted. It's not like he can be kicked out or impeached. Besides, the Supreme Court said he can do whatever he wants, practically.
ThatOwlWoman
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Ding ding ding! We have a winner!
鬼百合
One day we will wake to his obituary :-)
That must be why she comes into all my threads and never can form a sentence expressing her opinion on the topic. She is so dumb that it's painful to watch.
ThatOwlWoman
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ThatOwlWoman
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That's why he had his pet judge put a stay on the release.
ThatOwlWoman
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ThatOwlWoman
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Well, birds of a feather.... right?
ThatOwlWoman
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She doesn't like discussion. She is only here to troll for attention. The idiotic sicko was a lot quieter when you had her on ignore.
鬼百合
One day we will wake to his obituary :-)
You know what adults do when they don't like a discussion? They pass by and say nothing.
christiefan915
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She'll respond with a non sequitur. It's who she is.