Buck Godot: “He might be able to transfer ownership of the refreshment areas of his golf courses to Don Jr. or Eric with the understanding that if they do anything against his wishes they are out of the will.”
There’s always money in the banana stand.
Trump is attempting to get his conviction vacated due to today’s ruling.
Of course he is. Good luck convincing the State of New York that presidential immunity applied before you got elected. Or that paying a porn star to keep quiet is an official act of the presidency.
Or that signing personal checks in the Oval Office is an official act.
There maybe something about statements he made or twitted while president… but of course anyone except 6 justices would not think there was something there.
It looks like it could potentially be a while before Trump is sentenced, assuming he is sentenced.
Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling that President Donald Trump has some presidential immunity from criminal prosecution for actions taken to overturn results of the 2020 election, Trump on Monday sought to have his conviction thrown out in his New York criminal hush money case, according to sources.
Trump’s lawyers said the hush money verdict should be tossed because the jury saw evidence during trial that they believe should have been protected by presidential immunity, according to a letter to Judge Juan Merchan that was described by sources to ABC News.
The defense sought additional time to make their argument – a move that could delay Trump’s sentencing, which is currently scheduled for July 11.
The actual crimes were falsification of business records to conceal that Trump was reimbursing Michael Cohen. Those events did take place after Trump was inaugurated, I think. But, Republicans are all about states’ rights, so I’m sure they’ll defer to New York in this case.
Yeah, right.
LOL- it was hardly an official act.
Unless you are Trump in which case all conduct past, present and future is an official act.
Lisa Rubin on MSNBC said that some of the incriminating evidence (e.g., texts) occurred during the presidency. She didn’t say they were likely to win the appeal but that their chances did get better.
AIUI, he was in office when he authorized the reimbursement checks, and that’s what they’ll hang their hats on.
it appears team trump are going after testimony by white house staff. and twits that he posted while president.
But will they be able to show that cooking the books of a privately owned business was an official act of the president?
oooo, just remembered, congress is in charge of the purse strings of the nation. so it was either a private act or he was stepping into an area not under the executive.
Interestingly, Lisa Rubin addressed this too, brushing it aside. Just because a personal act is conducted in the Oval Office does not render it an official act.
Although Bill Clinton might have wished it so…
The result of the Supreme Court immunity decision that helps Trump the most is not that he cannot be criminally prosecuted for anything deemed an official act, but that communications between the President and his constitutional aides (DOJ, FBI, CIA, cabinet members, etc…) cannot be used as evidence in prosecuting purely personal acts. I thought it odd when I read the decision that they decided to specifically spell that out. After thinking about it for a while, I suspect that was the whole purpose of the decision.
Sentencing to be delayed:
Formally, it’s still Merchan’s call to make.
But this increases the likelihood that he will delay the sentencing.
And the hits just keep on coming.
On the other hand, the more he delays at this point, the more closer he gets to key dates like the RNC and election day, and the fresher those events will be in voters’ minds.
And 24 July is 9 days after he gets nominated to be the Republican candidate. Heh heh heh.