Prosecutors urge Supreme Court not to block Trump's hush money sentencing [View all]
Source: Axios
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Thursday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to deny President-elect Trump's latest bid to halt his sentencing in his New York hush money case.
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The big picture: The "defendant makes the unprecedented claim that the temporary presidential immunity he will possess in the future fully immunizes him now, weeks before he even takes the oath of office," Bragg wrote of Trump's stay request.
Bragg dismissed the argument, noting that presidential immunity only applies to the time a president is serving their term in office.
In regards to Trump's claims that the trial had included "erroneous admission of official-acts evidence at trial," Bragg argued that Trump could appeal these aspects once sentenced in due course, but that there is "no basis" for asking the Supreme Court to intervene before a final judgement had been handed down.
Read more: https://www.axios.com/2025/01/09/trump-hush-money-supreme-court-ny-conviction-bragg
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