On Thursday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg begged a New York judge to deny former President Donald Trump’s motion to vacate his conviction in the infamous “hush money” trial.
Trump’s legal team requested earlier this month that corrupt Judge Juan Merchan vacate his conviction on 34 felony counts in response to the Supreme Court’s recent ruling — in which the court confirmed that presidents have immunity for official acts and ruled that prosecutors are prohibited from citing evidence involving official acts to justify other accusations.
While most of the supposed “crimes” Trump was convicted of in the case were not related to “official acts,” Bragg made the grave mistake of using Trump’s official acts as a predicate for the “crimes” — as he unlawfully charged Trump with misdemeanors past the statute of limitations by claiming that they were committed to cover up another crime. In the case, the jury was illegally instructed that they did not have to agree on the “crime” Trump committed, as long as they all agreed that he had committed some sort of crime.
Never forget that Alvin Bragg lowered 60% of all felonies to misdemeanors in his jurisdiction last year.
Let that sink in: 60% of all people arrested for felonies got their charges lowered by Fat Alvin.
But for Donald Trump, he elevated a misdemeanor to felony by claiming he… pic.twitter.com/7gr6VFatqH
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 31, 2024
Now, Bragg is desperately trying to keep the case against Trump alive in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling, falsely claiming that the court’s decision “has nothing to say about defendant’s conviction,” ABC News reported.
“[T]he evidence that he claims is affected by the Supreme Court’s ruling constitutes only a sliver of the mountains of testimony and documentary proof that the jury considered in finding him guilty of all 34 felony charges beyond a reasonable doubt,” Bragg’s office claimed.
However, as many analysts have pointed out, the “sliver” of the case that is affected by the Supreme Court’s decision is enough to throw out the entire case as “fruit of the poison tree,” because that very well could have been the evidence that “convinced” the jury of Trump’s supposed guilt.
CNN's Elie Honig on the Immunity Ruling: "This opinion is a Godsend from heaven for Donald Trump.. it might even include some of the conduct in the hush money case… Judge Merchan and Judge Chutkan are going to have to apply this first.. They may get results they don‘t like.." pic.twitter.com/NaEpEllNug
— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) July 3, 2024
The evidence being cited in Trump’s motion to vacate includes Trump’s comments about his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, and testimony from disgraced former White House aide Hope Hicks.
It is unclear how Merchan will rule in this case, as a fair judge would at the very least order a retrial — but Merchan has repeatedly shown himself to be extremely biased against Trump.
