Alvin Bragg Hits Back at Donald Trump's Request [View all]

Source: Newsweek

Published Sep 09, 2024 at 7:59 PM EDT


New York City prosecutors are asking the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals to deny former President Donald Trump's motion for the federal appellate court to order a stay on his hush money conviction.

Trump's defense team argued in their motion last week that his sentencing in the case—where he was found guilty on 34 felony counts related to a hush money payment to an adult film star during his 2016 campaign—that the former president's sentencing in the case should be delayed until the Second Court of Appeals can hear arguments on whether the case should be moved to federal court.

In a response filed Monday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg argued that the appeals court should deny Trump's request because it "is not only legally unavailable, but also unnecessary" given Judge Juan Merchan's decision to postpone Trump's sentencing date until after the 2024 presidential election.

"That adjournment eliminates any exigency or irreparable injury that would support a stay pending appeal here," Bragg wrote in his motion Monday, referring to Merchan's adjournment of Trump's original sentencing date that was scheduled for September 18. "There is now no chance that defendant will be sentenced, let alone incarcerated, 'in the final weeks of the Presidential election, while early voting is ongoing.'"

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