Attorneys for former President Donald Trump are moving to throw out the New York criminal trial, reopening arguments of presidential immunity after the Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling on the matter on July 1.
Prosecutors with the Manhattan District Attorney’s office on July 2 agreed to a delay in the sentencing date, which will ultimately be decided by the judge, in order to have time to file their opposition to the immunity arguments.
“The verdicts in this case violate the presidential immunity doctrine and create grave risks of ‘an Executive Branch that cannibalizes itself,’” defense attorneys wrote in a July 1 letter to New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, seeking permission to file a motion to throw out the verdict by July 10, one day before the scheduled sentencing hearing….