Donald Trump is set to appear in Manhattan court on Tuesday for his arraignment in a hush-money case. Here’s a breakdown of the different strategies Trump may use as he navigates the legal waters while plotting a return to the White House.
Many expect Trump’s attorneys to use a familiar strategy of delaying any court proceedings in an effort to outwait the former president’s opponents. In doing so, the case could be pushed far into the 2024 presidential campaign when Trump is expected to be the top contender for the GOP nomination.Here’s a breakdown of the different strategies Trump may use as he navigates the legal waters while plotting a return to the White House.
However, he still has a list of options to choose from in order to delay his case: file motions of appeal, attempt to dismiss the case entirely, request to relocate the trial outside of New York City, seek to move the case from state to federal court or seek to reduce charges from being considered felonies to misdemeanors, among other things.
“You’d … make a motion to ask for the court to review the grand jury minutes and determine whether or not the D.A. presented legally sufficient evidence,” Michael Scotto, a former chief of the Rackets Bureau, told the outlet. “It’s not the lockbox it is in the federal system.”Trump can also use the timeline of the case to argue that holding a trial based on allegations from 2016 would violate his due process rights granted under the New York constitution.
Manhattan prosecutors later opened an investigation into whether Trump falsified business records to list the reimbursement as a legal expense. The case was later dropped due to guidance from the Justice Department that a sitting president cannot be charged with a crime.
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