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Judge Juan Merchan ruled on Monday that President-elect Donald Trump’s felony conviction in his “hush money” trial should not be dismissed based on the recent Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity.
In his 41-page decision, Merchan wrote that the Supreme Court decision did not extend to the felony conviction in New York because the underlying conduct charged by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg was for events that occurred before Trump became president, and Merchan concluded that the evidence introduced from Trump’s presidency was not immunized because they were not official acts.
Merchan further argued that the conviction poses “no danger of intrusion on the authority and function of the Executive Branch.” Trump spokesman and incoming White House communications director Steven Cheung called Judge Merchan’s ruling “a direct violation of the Supreme Court’s decision on immunity.””Today’s decision by deeply conflicted, acting Justice Merchan in the Manhattan DA Witch Hunt is a direct violation of the Supreme Court’s decision on immunity, and other longstanding jurisprudence,” CheungFox News.
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