Appeals court questions if Trump’s conviction survives presidential immunity
The Hill · Zach Schonfeld ·
A New York appeals panel questioned on Thursday whether presidential immunity or federal law bars President Trump’s criminal conviction stemming from a hush money payment made during his 2016 campaign to cover up an alleged affair. Trump’s personal lawyers said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s (D) legal theory of the case was preempted by campaign…
A New York appeals panel questioned on Thursday whether presidential immunity or federal law bars President Trump’s criminal conviction stemming from a hush money payment made during his 2016 campaign to cover up an alleged affair.
Trump’s personal lawyers said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s (D) legal theory of the case was preempted by campaign finance law and that his team wrongly showed jurors official acts from Trump’s time in the White House, including his online posts.
“Isn’t this public messaging by a sitting president, and it involves presidential communicative authority, and therefore it is directed at shaping public perception?” Associate Justice Martin Shulman asked.
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