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From Fox News: Former President Donald Trump has filed a reply brief in his case to have his conviction in N.Y. v Trump overturned after the Supreme Court ruled presidents have some immunity for official acts in office.
Trump was found guilty in an unprecedented criminal trial last month on all counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, following a six-week trial stemming from Bragg’s investigation. Trump has already requested Judge Juan Merchan overturn the verdict.
In the filing Thursday, lawyers for Trump argued that “The Supreme Court of the United States ruled conclusively and unequivocally that President Trump is protected by immunity for his official acts.”
“In this case, a politically motivated district attorney violated that immunity by using official-acts evidence in grand jury proceedings and at trial. Therefore, the case must be dismissed, and the jury’s verdicts must be vacated.”
The report explains that the Supreme Court ruled in Trump v. United States that Trump is immune from criminal prosecution for “official acts” but left it to the lower court to determine what official and unofficial is.
Trump replies to DA Bragg in case to get conviction tossed in light of Supreme Court immunity decision https://t.co/y6gKlVImqr
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 1, 2024
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