Confusion reigned in the president-elect’s New York legal battle that brought with it expectations that a “great sigh of relief” wasn’t coming soon.
A reminder for President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing hearing triggered quite the uproar Tuesday as some had been led to believe the Nov. 26 date had been adjourned. However, as some had suspected Judge Juan Merchan punted yet again. The Manhattan District Attorney’s office maintained that they were still slated to file their “view of appropriate steps going forward.”
According to a report from Fox News, “The Manhattan district attorney said a Bloomberg report on Tuesday morning claiming that Donald Trump’s sentencing for 34 criminal charges has been ‘adjourned” was incorrect.”
The story went on to detail, “The wire was based on an automated schedule alert sent out by the court that stemmed from a court email from last week saying that all future dates had been stayed, according to the DA’s office.”
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s office contended in their court filing Tuesday that victory for Trump was not substantial cause to drop the case, but did argue, “Given the need to balance competing constitutional interests” the prosecution asserted, “consideration must be given” to freezing the case until the end of the GOP leader’s second administration, the Associated Press reported.
They acknowledged that they “are mindful of the demands and obligations of the presidency” and noted the return to office “will raise unprecedented legal questions.”
“We also deeply respect the fundamental role of the jury in our constitutional system,” the prosecution wrote.
Previously, Merchan had extended the deadline in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s presidential immunity decision and Trump’s Election Night victory based on a joint request from the defense and the prosecution that set the Nov. 19 deadline for the latter’s filing.
Ahead of Tuesday’s hubbub, George Washington University Law Professor Turley appeared on Fox News to weigh in with his expectations about the future of the case following the May conviction for falsifying business records. During a segment where former Assistant United States Attorney Andy McCarthy opined that he’d be surprised if Bragg dismissed the case, Turley reminded about what was going on with other lawfare cases brought against Trump.
“The federal cases are shutting down, Georgia’s going nowhere, and yet you have Judge Merchan here and many people feel he’s continuing this long after the attractions were put back in their cases and their audience has left,” the legal scholar said. “And so, there would be a great sigh of relief.”
“I just don’t expect it,” continued Turley. “I think that the judge will view this as a verdict by this jury that he’s not just gonna set aside. I don’t think that holding this in abeyance for four years is a good option. You cannot have a president who [has a] pending sentence for four years in my view.”
Previously, Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said regarding the New York case, “The American people have re-elected President Trump with an overwhelming mandate to Make America Great Again. It is now abundantly clear that Americans want an immediate end to the weaponization of our justice system, including this case, which should have never been filed, so we can, as President Trump said in his historic victory speech, unify our country and work together for the betterment of our nation.”
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