Trump asks for hush money conviction to be thrown out

📆 7/12/2024 5:53 AM
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Lawyers for Donald Trump have asked the judge who presided over his hush money trial to throw out his conviction, citing the recent Supreme Court ruling that a former US president enjoys broad immunity from prosecution.

"The jury's verdicts must be vacated and the indictment dismissed," Mr Trump's attorneys said in a court filing with New York Judge Juan Merchan.

Mr Trump's lawyers, in asking Judge Merchan for the conviction to be dismissed, cited the landmark Supreme Court ruling from earlier this month that a president enjoys"absolute immunity" for official acts. The 78-year-old, who is expected to be formally named the Republican Party nominee for president next week, had been scheduled to be sentenced in the case, but Mr Merchan postponed sentencing following the Supreme Court ruling.

Mr Trump, the first former US president convicted of a crime, faces four criminal cases and has been doing everything in his power to delay the trials until after the November election.

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