[dennisw]

The move from Trump’s lawyers marks the second of the former president’s criminal cases to be likely impacted by the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity. Earlier this week, Trump’s lawyers asked a New York judge to throw out the former president’s conviction for falsifying business records by arguing the jury saw evidence that would have been protected by presidential immunity.

[DIRTYSECRET]

The key word is asks. He either can or he can’t. Shouldn’t matter what the judge thinks but what do I know?

[OldGoatCPO]

I think one of the SCOTUS rulings also addressed the inappropriate jury instructions in the criminal case. If I understood it correctly, SCOTUS ruled that a jury has to go charge by charge and determine precisely what crime was committed, and they must all agree on each charge and specification. That was the opposite of the jury instructions from the third-world judge in NYC. I have not heard if that is part of the challenge, as everyone is focused on immunity.