Trump’s lawyers are seeking to vacate his #NewYork#conviction based on Monday’s #SupremeCourt ruling on presidential immunity. The Manhattan DA #AlvinBragg says he is not opposed to a #delay requested by Trump’s lawyers so they can seek to vacate his conviction.
What gets me is that this means that Trump (and ALL presidents) are immune to prosecution for crimes they committed even before they were elected president.
The DA’s office noted in a letter to the court Tues that sentencing would have to be delayed from July 11 for the defense to make its case.
#NewYork Supreme Court Justice Juan #Merchan has previously ruled that #Trump’s conduct in the #FalsifiedBusinessRecords case has nothing to do with his official duties as president, a decision Merchan made when rejecting a request by Trump’s lawyers to postpone the trial until after the #SCOTUS’ ruling on #immunity.
Justice #Merchan must now rule on whether to formally adjourn the sentencing.
Even as prosecutors said they would not oppose a delay, they also said in their letter that the defense arguments about how the #SCOTUS#immunity ruling should affect the #NewYork case are “without merit.”
I am no expert, but these charges apply to Trump as a private citizen. He was not President at the time he committed the felonies. Therefore, no Presidential "immunity."
Even if he had committed them while in office, it is hard to imagine how a #SCOTUS , even one as partisan and stupid as the current one can argue that campaigning for the office give you the immunity of the office. Everyone RUNNING for President has immunity? That would be insane even by the standards of this Court.