Trump attorneys appeal hush money conviction: 'Politically charged prosecution'
By: Misty Severi
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President Donald Trump's defense attorneys on Monday formally appealed the president's hush money case in New York, where he was convicted of falsifying business records in order to hide a payment he gave his former attorney to silence Stormy Daniels.
Trump was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records last year in connection with a 2016 payment his then-attorney, Michael Cohen, made to Stormy Daniels. He maintains he is innocent of wrongdoing and that the case was politically motivated.
The president was sentenced in January to unconditional discharge, meaning he didn't get jail time, probation or a fine. But the conviction still stands on his record, and he has maintained that he is innocent of wrongdoing.
"This is the most politically charged prosecution in our nation's history," Trump's attorneys wrote in the court filing. "The DA, a Democrat, brought those charges in the middle of a contentious Presidential election in which President Trump was the leading Republican candidate. These charges against President Trump were as unprecedented as their political context."
Trump's legal team asked a three-judge panel on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to have the New York case moved to federal court in June, after the Supreme Court ruled that Trump is immune from federal prosecution for some official acts he took while in office, but that there is no immunity for unofficial acts.
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ONE charge split into 34. ONE charge past it's statute of limitations. NY statute of limitations for a misdemeanor is 2 years, felony is 5 years. Now lets do the beer math:
The charges were announced in 2024.
No matter how you spin it, it's past the statute of limitations. I'm not going into the mental gymnastics this clown DA used to divide it all up into 34 separate charges since by NY Law, it too late to file the charge in the first place.
It is going to be interesting to see how this plays out.
This ones problematic, you can't claim that you were prosecuted for political reasons while your AG goes after your Political enemies. That would be a wee bit hypocritical i would think, Did Comey lie to Congress.....Yes, but who hasn't?
Who cares if a pathological liar says he is innocent? Him saying he's innocent is more evidence of him being guilty.
Only if you keep with the mental gymnastics used to claim "34 felonies" from a misdemeanor past it's statute of limitations.