US President Donald Trump has filed an appeal to overturn his May 2024 criminal conviction in the hush-money payment case, arguing he is shielded by presidential immunity.
Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records by a unanimous jury in New York.
In December, citing Trump's imminent return to the White House, a New York judge sentenced Trump to an unconditional discharge, meaning he would not serve time or pay a fine.
"This case should never have seen the inside of a courtroom, let alone resulted in a conviction," Trump's lawyers said in the latest filing.
18 Comments
BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world · 55 pts · 318d
Ridiculous. He wasn't president when the crime occurred, he wasn't president when the trial happened.
PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 318d
Nor was it an "official act"
JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 318d
I'll be happy to be proven wrong, ecstatic even, but watch as he gets his way because the judiciary is too chicken shit to uphold 'all men are equal under the law'.
Asafum@feddit.nl · 10 pts · 318d
All men are equal under the law, it's just that apparently Trump is above the law :(
neidu3@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 317d
All men are equal. Unfortunately this influential sack of lard doesn't qualify as one.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 317d
It's been awhile since I was reading about this when it first came up, but I believe part of the issue is his "presidential immunity" would have made how some of the evidence was obtained no longer valid given the immunity. It's all BS.
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 318d
Remember when even having a criminal charge against you was disqualifying for the presidency?
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 28 pts · 317d
Or being a pedophile that rapes children.
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 317d
I miss the days when things like condiment choice and suit colors were among the more controversial things.
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 317d
Oh don't worry. They're still releasing breaking news stories that the family member Mamdani referred to as "auntie" is actually his elder cousin. The scandal!
PoundCake2@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 317d
OMG! The brown suite. I forgot about that.
SuperZorro@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 317d
Tan
KnitWit@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 318d
Can we appeal the sentencing (or absolute lack of)?
Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io · 9 pts · 318d
ELI5: Why is this even of interest to him? If he ignores it, it has already gone away. If he brings it up, it returns to public attention. what a dipshit weirdo!
paranoid@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 317d
He's petty and doesn't remember who was president when the events took place. I imagine he'll argue immunity is retroactive
BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 317d
Just more rage baiting. His order of importance is: make himself more powerful, make his rich backers more powerful, piss off liberals.
ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 317d
He wants a ccw
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 314d
Does this open the possibility for a less-corrupt judge to revisit sentencing, rather than the dishonorable Juan M Merchan’s shameful non-sentence?