Trump Takes Aim At Manhattan Conviction, Moves To Overturn Using New Supreme Court Ruling

On Monday, 45th President Donald Trump's lawyers took action to overturn their client's recent criminal conviction in Manhattan and postpone his July 11 sentencing hearing by using the Supreme Court's new ruling that grants Trump and all presidents limited immunity from criminal prosecution. According to a report, Trump's legal team sent a lawyer to the judge overseeing the case that won't be made public until prosecutors have a chance to respond. Trump's "lawyers are likely to argue that prosecutors built their case partly on evidence from his time in the White House. And under the Supreme Court's new ruling, prosecutors not only may not charge a president for any official acts, but also cannot cite evidence involving official acts to bolster other accusations," The New York Times reported.

Trump's lawyers hope to overturn the 34 felony counts Trump was found guilty of by the 12-person jury in the business records fraud case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D). Bragg stretched the law to bring the case against Trump by turning a single transaction between Michael Cohen and adult film "star" Stormy Daniels that would normally be a misdemeanor into 34 separate felony counts with a maximum combined sentence of 136 years.

Daniels claims she had a one-night stand with Trump in 2006 and was paid a $130,000 hush money payment by Trump's former lawyer and now-convicted liar, Michael Cohen. Daniel's accusation against Trump conflicts with two letters she signed in 2018, reading, "I recently became aware that certain news outlets are alleging that I had a sexual and/or romantic affair with Donald Trump many, many, many years ago," Daniels said on January 10, 2018, "I am stating with complete clarity that this is absolutely false."

On January 30, 2018, Daniels signed a second statement, reading, "The fact of the matter is that each party to this alleged affair denied its existence in 2006, 20011 [sic], 2016, 2017 and now again in 2018. I am not denying this affair because I was paid 'hush money' as it has been reported in overseas owned tabloids. I am denying this affair because it never happened." In March 2022, Daniels was ordered to pay Trump $300,000 after losing a defamation case against him. In April 2023, Daniels lost another case against Trump in the Ninth Circuit Court, where Trump was awarded $121,962 in attorney fees.

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