{"id":2370995,"date":"2024-11-19T18:50:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T23:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-declares-total-and-definitive-victory-in-hush-money-case-after-moves-from-merchan-and-bragg\/"},"modified":"2024-11-19T18:51:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T23:51:16","slug":"trump-declares-total-and-definitive-victory-in-hush-money-case-after-moves-from-merchan-and-bragg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-declares-total-and-definitive-victory-in-hush-money-case-after-moves-from-merchan-and-bragg\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Declares &#8216;Total and Definitive Victory&#8217; in Hush Money Case After Moves from Merchan and Bragg"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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-declares-total-and-definitive-victory-in-hush-money-case-after-moves-from-merchan-and-bragg%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=2370995&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\u200b sentencing of President-elect Donald Trump in a \u2063New York case involving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seven-legal-battles-trump-is-facing-ahead-of-general-election\/\" title=\"Seven legal battles Trump is facing ahead of general election\">34 felony convictions<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-the-charges-brought-against-the-trump-organizations-cfo-part-of-a-witch-hunt-experts-weigh-in\/\" title=\"Are The Charges Brought Against The Trump Organization\u2019s CFO Part Of A Witch Hunt? Experts Weigh In\">falsifying business records<\/a> has\u2064 been postponed. \u2064Initially set for November 26, Trump&#8217;s legal team is \u200dseeking to dismiss the\u200c case altogether. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has indicated he supports\u200c a delay but does not intend to dismiss the case, arguing that\u200c presidential immunity does not apply in this\u200d instance. Bragg has requested a delay until December\u200b 9 to make further decisions \u2062regarding the\u200b case,\u2063 which could potentially be frozen until\u2063 Trump\u2019s\u2064 term ends \u2062in \u2062January 2025. Trump&#8217;s communications director, Steven Cheung, has\u2062 claimed this\u2063 as a significant victory\u200d for Trump, stating that the Manhattan DA acknowledges the case\u2062 cannot proceed.\u2063 Legal \u2062scholar Jonathan Turley has criticized the idea\u2064 of delaying the case, arguing that such a move could unfairly\u2064 restrict\u200b a \u2062sitting\u200d president&#8217;s actions.  <\/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\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s sentencing in a New York state case in which he was convicted of falsifying business records is now in limbo.<\/p>\n<p>Trump had been scheduled to be sentenced on 34 felony convictions on Nov. 26. However, as he prepares to return to the White House, his lawyers are calling for the case to be dismissed, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/19\/us-news\/donald-trumps-hush-money-conviction-could-be-tossed-today-by-nyc-judge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Manhattan District Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/alvin-braggs-top-trump-prosecutor-comes-official-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alvin Bragg<\/a> indicated that although he supports a delay, his office is not ready to dismiss the case.<\/p>\n<p>Bragg&rsquo;s office said a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that presidents have broad immunity for their official acts does not cover Trump&rsquo;s case.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No current law establishes that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s temporary immunity from prosecution requires dismissal of a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">post-trial criminal proceeding<\/a> that was initiated at a time when the defendant was not immune from criminal prosecution and that is based on unofficial conduct for which the defendant is also not immune,&rdquo; Bragg wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycourts.gov\/LegacyPDFS\/press\/PDFs\/districtattorney_111924.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">court documents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Bragg asked for a delay until Dec. 9 to decide what his office will do.<\/p>\n<p>One option under consideration is whether to freeze the case until Trump&rsquo;s term ends in January 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Judge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/judge-juan-merchan-grants-request-trumps-legal-team-da-ny-hush-money-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Juan Merchan<\/a> has not issued a timetable for when he will rule about what comes next.<\/p>\n<p>Steven Cheung, Trump&rsquo;s communications director, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1858941775554969780\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post on X<\/a> that Trump has emerged as the winner.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a total and definitive victory for President Trump and the American People who elected him in a landslide,&rdquo; Cheung said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Manhattan DA has conceded that this Witch Hunt cannot continue,&rdquo; the statement said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; NEW: Statement from Trump Communications Director <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StevenCheung?\">@StevenCheung<\/a> on President Trump&rsquo;s total and definitive victory against Alvin Bragg&rsquo;s corrupt witch hunt. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DHTZMLqVEA\">pic.twitter.com\/DHTZMLqVEA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1858941775554969780?\">November 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The lawless case is now stayed, and President Trump&rsquo;s legal team is moving to get it dismissed once and for all,&rdquo; Cheung said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Legal scholar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/turley-jack-smith-stretched-law-new-trump-indictment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonathan Turley<\/a> scoffed at Bragg&rsquo;s concept of putting the case on ice.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal would &ldquo;allow a city prosecutor to put a leash on a sitting president for four years,&rdquo; Turley wrote in an Op-Ed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/19\/opinion\/bragg-tries-to-control-president-trump-by-delaying-case-throw-it-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Turley called Trump&rsquo;s election &ldquo;arguably the largest jury decision in history.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He said some evidence used against Trump likely would be stricken due to the Supreme Court&rsquo;s immunity ruling.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The prosecutors not only elicited testimony from Trump aides in the White House but then doubled down on the significance of that evidence in their closing arguments. &nbsp;Merchan could declare that the court cannot rule out the impact of such testimony on the final verdict,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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He was set to be sentenced on 34 felony charges on November 26, but as he readies to return to the White House, his legal team is requesting the case be dismissed, according to the New York Post. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has expressed support for a delay but is not prepared to dismiss the case. Bragg&#8217;s office stated that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling granting presidents broad immunity does not apply here. They noted that no law suggests a president&#8217;s temporary immunity from prosecution necessitates dismissing post-trial criminal proceedings initiated when the defendant was not immune and based on unofficial conduct for which they are also not immune. Bragg has requested until December 9 to determine his next steps, including possibly pausing the case until Trump\u2019s term concludes in January 2025. Judge Juan Merchan has yet to provide a timeline for his decision on future actions. Trump&#8217;s communications director claimed victory, stating this situation represents a significant win for Trump and his supporters while asserting that efforts against him cannot continue indefinitely. Legal expert Jonathan Turley criticized Bragg\u2019s proposal of delaying proceedings, arguing it would allow local prosecutors undue influence over a sitting president and suggesting some evidence against Trump may be invalidated due to Supreme Court rulings regarding presidential immunity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2370996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Trump-vs-Bragg.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[22119,33585,32869,32375,3634],"class_list":["post-2370995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bragg","tag-hush-money-case","tag-legal-battle","tag-merchan","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Trump-vs-Bragg.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370995","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2370995"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2370999,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370995\/revisions\/2370999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2370996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2370995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2370995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2370995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}