Judge Denies Trump's Bid to Throw Out Conviction Over Immunity Ruling

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Source: New York Times

Dec. 16, 2024, 6:33 p.m. ET


A judge on Monday rejected Donald J. Trump’s argument that a recent Supreme Court ruling had nullified his criminal case in New York, upholding the former and future president’s felony conviction for falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal.

The judge’s ruling preserves, at least for now, the stain of Mr. Trump’s criminal conviction. And if it withstands Mr. Trump’s appeal, it will make him the first felon to serve as president.

The ruling, which addressed the Supreme Court’s decision to grant presidents broad immunity for their official actions, thwarted only the first of several legal maneuvers Mr. Trump has concocted to clear his record of 34 felonies before returning to the White House.

Prosecutors had argued that the Supreme Court’s decision had “no bearing on this prosecution,” noting that Mr. Trump was convicted of orchestrating a scheme involving a personal and political crisis that predated his presidency.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/nyregion/trump-immunity-criminal-case.html

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[Ocelot II]

1. Good - no surprise, though. There's no way any part of that case

had anything to do with the official acts of a president.

[elleng]

2. 'Justice Juan Merchan thwarted one of several attempts by President-elect Trump to clear his record

of 34 felonies before returning to the White House.' https://www.nytimes.com/

[generalbetrayus]

3. Justice Juan M. Merchan is a very brave man. I hope he doesn't end up in prison

along with other objects of Kash Patel and Orange Julius Caesar's vindictiveness.

[highplainsdem]

4. K&R. Was just going to post this - and want to add this judge is Juan Merchan, whose name is in the

subheading but not the headline or body of the story so far - VERY sloppy journalism by the Times.

[HereForTheParty]

5. Finally some good fucking news

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

7. +1000

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. Tough luck slob father

[BOSSHOG]

8. 1ST FELON TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT. UNPRECEDENTED. HUGE.

No one has ever done it. And the evil democrat loving media will make it sound like a bad thing.

[David Boyle]

9. My post (or one of them) on e-mailing Judge Merchan

"Trump sentencing delayed: e-mail Judge Merchan, DA Bragg, counsel Colangelo to urge justice"

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219709315

Guess it worked!

[republianmushroom]

10. Thank you Merchan

[David Boyle]

11. Call him Mensch-an, if you like