Donald Trump has filed a petition seeking to move his New York state criminal case to a federal court in Manhattan and push off the upcoming sentencing for his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records.
The petition filed Thursday asks the federal court to confirm the former president cannot be sentenced while the litigation over the removal to federal court is pending. “These ongoing harms must be stopped. The impending election cannot be redone. The currently unaddressed harm to the Presidency resulting from this improper prosecution will adversely impact the operations of the federal government for generations,” the filing states.
Trump’s lawyers cite the “extraordinary significance” of the recent US Supreme Court decision that determined Trump has broad sweeping immunity for any “official acts.” Since the high court ruling, Trump’s lawyers have asked Merchan to vacate the state conviction arguing that evidence of a president’s official acts should not be used in a trial.
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