Trump Moves To Dismiss Alvin Bragg’s Case, Calling It an ‘Unlawful Crusade’
The 47th president throws the kitchen sink at the district attorney but new and potentially important arguments are in the mix.

President-elect Trump’s filing late Tuesday to Judge Juan Merchan of a motion to dismiss his hush money convictions underscores his brightening legal position in the wake of last month’s electoral victory.
Trump’s attorneys — Todd Blanche and Emil Bove — write: “Presidential immunity, the Presidential Transition Act, and the Supremacy Clause” all require that the verdicts brought in by a New York jury be dismissed. District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who prosecuted the case, has encouraged Judge Merchan to explore “non-dismissal options” that would pause the prosecution for the length of Trump’s second term.
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