Lawyers charge that inadmissible evidence used
When the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, accused President Donald Trump of felonies in a so-called hush money case, the judge, Juan Merchan, censored Trump’s statements about the case. He allowed prosecutors to leave a vague “secondary” crime claim in place without any specifics. He delivered pro-prosecution jury instructions which seemed to allow a verdict without unanimity.
And all the while, Merchan’s daughter was making money advising Democrats on issues that could include her father’s courtroom rulings.
Now the president is appealing, with his lawyers explaining the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling means prosecutors should not have been allowed to say some of the things they claimed about Trump.
The Washington Examiner reports Trump’s legal team confirmed the Supreme Court’s decision on immunity “means prosecutors should have been barred from using evidence connected to Trump’s ‘official’ acts as president in the case against him.”
“Trump also urged a federal appeals court to transfer the New York state criminal case to federal court. It’s similar to the president’s move over the summer, when his lawyers urged a federal appeals panel to move the hush money case. Such a change could open up the pathway for the Supreme Court to hear the case, which could be friendlier territory for the president, as the court has ruled largely in his favor on presidential immunity,” the report explained.
It was in 2024 that a jury in leftist-majority Manhattan said he was guilty of falsifying records dealing with a payment to onetime porn star Stormy Daniels, 34 counts total.
The errors made in the trial court, however, mean the conviction should be scrapped, the report said.
Merchan, a donor to a Democrat cause, in fact, barred some of Trump’s defense evidence, including statements that appeared to exonerate him from Daniels herself, censored Trump’s speech, delivered pro-prosecution instructions, and more.
President Donald Trump asked an appeals court on Monday to overturn his conviction in the New York hush money case, marking his latest attempt to erase his felon status.
