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We also deeply respect the fundamental role of the jury in our constitutional system,
they said
President Trump's legal team is moving to get it dismissed once and for all,
Cheung said in a statementFirst, as a practical matter, Defendant’s stated plan to pursue immediate dismissal and file interlocutory appeals will likely lead to a stay of proceedings in any event; staying proceedings now until this Court’s resolution of the motion to dismiss would thus avoid unnecessary litigation. Second, proceeding to sentencing now would not avoid the new immunity question that Defendant intends to raise,
the filing said
Given the need to balance competing constitutional interests, consideration must be given to various non-dismissal options that may address any concerns raised by the pendency of a post-trial criminal proceeding during the presidency, such as deferral of all remaining criminal proceedings until after the end of Defendant’s upcoming presidential term,
the filing saysNo current law establishes that a president’s temporary immunity from prosecution requires dismissal of a post-trial criminal proceeding that was initiated at a time when the defendant was not immune from criminal prosecution and that is based on official conduct for which the defendant is also not immune,
the district attorney’s office wrote
For all the pages that defendant devotes to his current motion, the evidence that he claims is affected by the Supreme Court’s ruling constitutes only a sliver of the mountains of testimony and documentary proof that the jury considered in finding him guilty of all 34 felony charges beyond a reasonable doubt,
Assistant District Attorney Matthew Colangelo wrote in a filing this summer
The People believe that further proceedings before this Court should be adjourned to permit litigation of Defendant’s forthcoming motion to dismiss and, therefore, the people would not oppose a defense motion for a stay of further proceedings before this Court while Defendant’s motion is adjudicated,
Bragg wrote in his letter to the judge
People agree that these are unprecedented circumstances,
he wrote, pointing to the need to balance
The people agree that these are unprecedented circumstances and that arguments raised by defense counsel in correspondence to the people on Friday require careful consideration to ensure that any further steps in this proceeding appropriately balance the competing interests of (1) a jury verdict of guilty following trial that has the presumption of regularity; and (2) the office of the president,
prosecutors said in their missive
The hush money verdict should be promptly thrown out by Judge Merchan and the case immediately dismissed,
Avenatti wrote on X, formerly Twitter
I never thought that Donald Trump was going to be incarcerated; in fact, you've heard me say I don't think he should be,
Cohen stated, suggestingThey made it very clear they were not treating him any differently from a normal citizen - which was the correct posture,
said Naftalis, now a partner at law firm Pallas
That would throw a grenade in an already highly charged political situation,
said Roiphe, now a professor at New York Law School