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Donald Trump's lawyers have asked for the former president's conviction in his hush-money criminal case to be overturned and his sentencing this month delayed, US media report.

A letter sent by Trump's lawyers to the New York judge presiding over the trial reportedly cites Monday's Supreme Court ruling that granted the former president immunity from prosecution for official actions he took while in office.

In May, Trump was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records. He will be sentenced on 11 July.

His team points out that he signed off the records while president in 2017, but one lawyer suggested this was unlikely to be considered an official act.

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[-] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 28 points 4 months ago

The Party of Jesus Christ just made Fucking a Porn Star behind your Pregnant Wife's back and then using your Sheep's Money to keep her quiet an OFFICIAL Act of the Presidency! And DEMOCRATS are the Swamp!

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 months ago

Trump never wanted to "drain the swamp". He wanted people to look elsewhere. He is the swamp.

[-] Fades@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

The Federalist Society is the actual "swamp"/deepstate. Just look at them ruling from the highest bench in the nation. They are kingmakers and drain the swamp was just another projected lie.

[-] Steve@communick.news 0 points 4 months ago

No, that's not at all what they did.
All those things happened before he was president. None of it would count.

This ruling is about his January 6th trial, and the Georgia election interference trial.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

He has not yet been convicted of either of those, so there is nothing to overturn. He's talking about the hush money case.

[-] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

no, he arranged for the payments before being president, but signed off on them afterwards, in 2017, while he was president.

[-] Steve@communick.news 0 points 4 months ago

Ah! I didn't realize that. Then it might derail that conviction.

Thought it would still be a big lift to determine it was an official act as POTUS.

[-] ulkesh@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

That is the whole point of the ruling -- to cause confusion and allow there to be an argument that it was an official act. It's clearly not and any logical and reasonable person would see that, but logic and reason doesn't exist in this country anymore.

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