{"id":2293036,"date":"2024-07-11T20:04:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T00:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-asks-to-toss-out-hush-money-verdict-bragg-was-wrong-very-wrong-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-11T20:05:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T00:05:48","slug":"trump-asks-to-toss-out-hush-money-verdict-bragg-was-wrong-very-wrong-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-asks-to-toss-out-hush-money-verdict-bragg-was-wrong-very-wrong-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump asks to toss out hush money verdict: Bragg was \u2018wrong, very wrong\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-asks-to-toss-out-hush-money-verdict-bragg-was-wrong-very-wrong-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2293036&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses former President Donald Trump&#8217;s request to\u2062 dismiss \u200chis hush\u2062 money indictment in New York based on prosecutors&#8217; use\u200b of evidence\u200d that contradicted the Supreme Court&#8217;s recent\u200c ruling on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-kyle-rittenhouse-could-sue-media-outlets-for-defamation\/\" title=\"Report: Kyle Rittenhouse Could Sue Media Outlets for Defamation\">presidential immunity<\/a>. Trump&#8217;s \u200cattorneys argued \u2062that the guilty verdict should be overturned and\u2063 criticized Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg\u2064 for disregarding Trump&#8217;s immunity claims.\u2064 The attorneys\u200b highlighted the need to correct \u2063the injustices in the case following the Supreme Court&#8217;s landmark decision on presidential immunity.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" 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Trump&#039;s hush money verdict is unlikely to influence the majority of voters\">hush money verdict<\/a>: Bragg was \u2018wrong, very wrong\u2019<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/ashley-oliver\/\">Ashley Oliver<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-11T19:50:07-04:00\">July 11, 2024 7:50 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1692504\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> asked a judge in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">New York<\/a> to dismiss his hush money indictment on the grounds that prosecutors used evidence at trial that went against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Supreme Court\">Supreme Court<\/a>\u2018s recent ruling on presidential immunity.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s attorneys wrote in a 55-page brief, made public on Thursday, that a jury\u2019s verdict that Trump was guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records should also be tossed out, urging Judge Juan Merchan to correct \u201cinjustices\u201d in light of the high court\u2019s landmark decision.<\/p>\n<p>The attorneys also scolded Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, the elected Democrat who is leading the prosecution, for shutting down Trump\u2019s initial arguments about presidential immunity violations in the case, which Trump\u2019s team raised in March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRather than wait for the Supreme Court\u2019s guidance, the prosecutors scoffed with hubris at President Trump\u2019s immunity motions and insisted on rushing to trial despite the fact that \u2018no court has ever been faced with the question of a President\u2019s immunity from prosecution,&#8217;\u201d the attorneys wrote. <\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" title=\"Trump Immunity Motion\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/749792665\/content?start_page=1&#038;view_mode=scroll&#038;access_key=key-C1FTOEPKmZLO69xoZ8Nd\" tabindex=\"0\" data-auto-height=\"true\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.7729220222793488\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Bragg\u2019s office \u201curged this Court to front-run the Supreme Court on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dershowitz-chauvin-conviction-should-be-reversed-on-appeal-maxine-waters-used-kkk-playbook-to-intimidate-jury\/\" title=\"Dershowitz: Chauvin Conviction \u2018Should Be Reversed On Appeal,\u2019 Maxine Waters Used KKK \u2018Playbook\u2019 To Intimidate Jury\">federal constitutional issue<\/a> with grave implications for the operation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/better-than-expected-u-s-economy-added-638000-jobs-in-october-unemployment-dropped-to-6-9\/\" title=\"Better Than Expected: U.S. Economy Added 638,000 Jobs in October, Unemployment Dropped to 6.9%\">federal government<\/a> and the relationships between state and federal officials. The record is clear: DANY was wrong, very wrong,\u201d the attorneys continued.<\/p>\n<p>The request comes on the same day Trump was initially set to face sentencing, but Merchan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3069958\/how-immunity-could-complicate-trumps-conviction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>delayed<\/a> the hearing after Trump began the process of fighting his charges on immunity grounds.<\/p>\n<p>Bragg\u2019s team has until July 24 to submit its responses, and Merchan has said he will issue a decision on whether to drop Trump\u2019s charges on Sept. 6.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The judge has said he will sentence Trump on Sept. 18 if it is \u201cstill necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>This story is developing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1692504\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1692504\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump is requesting that his hush money indictment be dismissed in New York, arguing that prosecutors used evidence that contradicted a recent Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity. Trump&#8217;s lawyers are urging the judge to overturn the guilty verdict on 34 counts of falsifying business records, citing injustices in light of the high court&#8217;s decision. They criticized Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for disregarding Trump&#8217;s arguments about presidential immunity violations and rushing to trial before the Supreme Court could provide guidance on the issue. The judge has postponed sentencing while considering whether to drop the charges, with a decision expected on September 6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2293037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24151779727738.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[22119,22021,3634,17555,32076],"class_list":["post-2293036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bragg","tag-hush-money","tag-trump","tag-verdict","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24151779727738.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2293036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2293037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2293036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2293036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2293036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}