Supreme Court Ruling Upends Trump's Felony Conviction
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Posted 49 days ago
A recent Supreme Court ruling has thrown a wrench into the plans of New York Attorney General Alvin Bragg, potentially impacting the conviction of former President Donald Trump on 34 felony counts.
The Supreme Court's July 1 ruling in Trump v. United States held that a former president is subject to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his core constitutional authority, presumptive immunity for all official acts, and no immunity for unofficial acts. This decision directly impacted Bragg's New York case, which convicted The Donald.
Trump's defense counsel argued that the decision confirmed their position that the District Attorney of New York should not have been permitted to offer evidence at trial of President Trump's official acts. The defense team had previously objected to anticipated testimony from certain potential witnesses, evidence of Trump's social media posts and public statements, and a 2018 filing with the Office of Government Ethics (OGE).
The court had denied the motion and adjournment and "noted" defense counsel objections when presidential immunity concerns were again raised during the trial. However, had the court waited as requested or excluded official-acts evidence upon which Trump's defense team now avers the DANY "placed highly prejudicial emphasis," the conviction of Trump on 34 felony counts would be untainted.
With sentencing kicked beyond the GOP convention and the evidentiary foundations of Trump's New York convictions kicked from underneath Merchan, a retrial seems moot – what point is a pre-election witch hunt after the election intended to be despoiled by said witch hunt? What many have called political lawfare by Bragg is irrevocably shredded by the highest court of the land’s pronouncements in Trump.
The implications of the Trump decision for Joe Biden are also significant. His opponents accuse Biden of being implicated in illegally pressuring social media empires to censor Americans’ free speech, graft in Ukraine, family corruption and influence-peddling, and mishandling of high-security public documents. However, he is now immune from any convictions for these alleged crimes.
It seems entirely possible that Donald Trump will not be a felon for long. The Supreme Court's ruling has given him a new lease on life and potentially cleared the way for him to run for president again in 2024.
Sources:
outkick.com
nbcnews.com
granitegrok.com
The Supreme Court's July 1 ruling in Trump v. United States held that a former president is subject to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his core constitutional authority, presumptive immunity for all official acts, and no immunity for unofficial acts. This decision directly impacted Bragg's New York case, which convicted The Donald.
Trump's defense counsel argued that the decision confirmed their position that the District Attorney of New York should not have been permitted to offer evidence at trial of President Trump's official acts. The defense team had previously objected to anticipated testimony from certain potential witnesses, evidence of Trump's social media posts and public statements, and a 2018 filing with the Office of Government Ethics (OGE).
The court had denied the motion and adjournment and "noted" defense counsel objections when presidential immunity concerns were again raised during the trial. However, had the court waited as requested or excluded official-acts evidence upon which Trump's defense team now avers the DANY "placed highly prejudicial emphasis," the conviction of Trump on 34 felony counts would be untainted.
With sentencing kicked beyond the GOP convention and the evidentiary foundations of Trump's New York convictions kicked from underneath Merchan, a retrial seems moot – what point is a pre-election witch hunt after the election intended to be despoiled by said witch hunt? What many have called political lawfare by Bragg is irrevocably shredded by the highest court of the land’s pronouncements in Trump.
The implications of the Trump decision for Joe Biden are also significant. His opponents accuse Biden of being implicated in illegally pressuring social media empires to censor Americans’ free speech, graft in Ukraine, family corruption and influence-peddling, and mishandling of high-security public documents. However, he is now immune from any convictions for these alleged crimes.
It seems entirely possible that Donald Trump will not be a felon for long. The Supreme Court's ruling has given him a new lease on life and potentially cleared the way for him to run for president again in 2024.
Sources:
outkick.com
nbcnews.com
granitegrok.com
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