Lawyers representing former President Donald Trump are now asking a federal court to seize his New York criminal trial from the state, arguing he has become a victim of “Constitutional violations” in proceedings that conflicted with the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity. The attorneys wrote in a filing Thursday that the “ongoing proceedings…
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News Bragg defers to Merchan, won’t block Trump’s request to push hush-money sentencing until after election
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office said they would not oppose former President Donald Trump’s request to push his sentencing date for his hush-money conviction until after the November election, leaving the decision up to New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan. “The People defer to the Court on the appropriate post-trial schedule that allows…
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News ‘Election interference’: Trump lawyers calls for delayed sentencing in Bragg case
Lawyers for former President Trump are requesting his sentencing hearing in New York v. Trump be delayed until after the November presidential election, citing “naked election-interference objectives.” Trump was found guilty in an unprecedented criminal trial on all counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, following a six-week trial stemming from Manhattan District…
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News Trump replies to DA Bragg in case to get conviction tossed in light of Supreme Court immunity decision
Former President Donald Trump has filed a reply brief in his case to have his conviction in N.Y. v Trump overturned after the Supreme Court ruled presidents have some immunity for official acts in office. Trump was found guilty in an unprecedented criminal trial last month on all counts of falsifying business records in the first…
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News Bragg does ‘not oppose’ Trump request to delay sentencing; awaits Judge Merchan’s approval
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg told Judge Juan Merchan Tuesday that he does not oppose former President Trump’s request to delay his sentencing scheduled for next week. Trump on Monday moved to overturn his criminal conviction in the Manhattan case after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a former president has substantial immunity for official…
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News Why Bragg Dropped Charges Against Most Columbia Student Protesters
Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, last week dropped most of the 46 cases against pro-Palestinian demonstrators charged in the April 30 siege of Hamilton Hall at Columbia University because prosecutors had little proof that the cases would stand up at trial. There was limited video footage of what took place inside the campus building,…
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News Bragg Asks Judge to Extend Trump’s Gag Order, Citing Deluge of Threats
Prosecutors in Manhattan said on Friday that a judge should keep in place major elements of a gag order that was imposed on Donald J. Trump, citing dozens of threats that have been made against officials connected to the case. The order, issued before Mr. Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial began in mid-April, bars him from…
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News Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg agrees to testify in House GOP probe, but not on their timetable
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Friday declined to testify about his prosecution of former President Donald Trump to House lawmakers next week. In a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio., Bragg’s general counsel, Leslie Dubeck, said the district attorney has “scheduling conflicts” that will keep him from appearing before Congress. However,…
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News Kevin O’Leary says that if Trump wins in November he will owe a ‘big debt to Alvin Bragg’
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News Mitt Romney says Bragg made ‘political decision’ in Trump case: ‘Malpractice’
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg committed “political malpractice” in his choice to pursue charges against former President Trump. The Utah Republican on Saturday morning issued a statement, days after the guilty verdict against former President Trump, criticizing both Bragg and Democrats over the case’s result. “Bragg should have settled the…
0 42 0June 1, 2024