Posted on 07/02/2024 8:40:29 AM PDT by cdnerds
NEW YORK (WABC) -- The Manhattan district attorney's office said Tuesday it would not oppose former President Trump's request to file a motion arguing his conviction should be tossed, a move that will almost certainly delay Trump's sentencing, which is currently set for July 11. "Although we believe defendant's arguments to be without merit, we do not oppose his request for leave to file and his putative request to adjourn sentencing pending determination of his motion," assistant district attorney Josh Steinglass wrote in a letter to Judge Juan Merchan.
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I think they just assumed Trump would appeal and easily win. But the impact would be what they wanted - him having a criminal felony conviction hanging over him during the election. What happened afterward was not their concern.
But too much of the country knows lawfare when they see it. It backfired.
They only need the “convicted felon” label until the election. They don’t give a rats behind about this case as long as it gets the FJB regime reinstalled . . .
Perhaps their internal democrat polling says New York is in play...
Good post. You’re right, they have their “convicted felon” and might be backing off.
Either: a moment of sanity has hit these clowns (unlikely) OR
they already know crooked Merchan won’t comply.
I think they’re calculating the over-and-under on leaving Trump as a “convicted felon” with a suspended sentence vs the backlash that would result from sentencing him to jail time.
This has always been a political prosecution, everything has been to maximize political damage to Trump’s candidacy.
Guarantee that polls and political consultants will have a bigger impact than legal scholars.
Absolutely.
It's not his decision if Trump does file a motion. And it's not his job to claim Trump's arguments have no merit. That's a Judge's job. Alvin must be trying out for a Judgeship.
yup- they know what is on the horizon come Jan 21, 2025
they havent gotten the mileage out of “convicted felon” that they thought they would
i think they are backing off
there is no such thing as a political prosecution
if it is political
it is persecution
it is tyranny
Der Sondergericte does not recognize any “rights” the convicted felon might have, but go ahead and file your hooeless motion if it makes you feel better.
Nobody believes the convicted felon trope. Even Biden didn’t believe it at the debate.
their sham trial backfired and is going to elect Trump, and now they are running for the hills!
Republican Convention July 18th
Central to the Trump prosecution was the Judges jury instruction that the jury could pick from a list of “criminal” acts Trump purportedly committed and that they did not need to come to a unanimous decision on the specific crime.
The Judges jury instructions were blatantly unconstitutional . They violated President Trump's rights to due process and the entire case will be overturned. I'm pretty sure that not even the most biased NY appellate court would dare go against that ruling.
I don’t see how the NY case would be affected by the immunity ruling. It all happened before he was president.
But holding off sentencing until after the R convention may be a good move. It will allow the judge to do the most damage with his sentence. He will be able to adjust the sentence depending on whether the D’s drop Biden and if so, for whom.
The point of this trial was to interfere with Trump’s reelection. He will do whatever is needed to maximize that effect.
Zero.
You’re right. Everything they do backfires on them.
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