Manhattan prosecutors on Tuesday rebuffed President-elect Donald J. Trump’s request to dismiss his criminal conviction in the wake of his electoral victory, signaling instead their willingness to freeze the case while he holds office.
In a letter to the judge overseeing the case, prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney’s office emphasized that a jury had already convicted Mr. Trump of falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal. Prosecutors and judges are often loath to unravel a jury’s verdict.
But acknowledging the unprecedented nature of the case — Mr. Trump would be the first felon to serve as president — the prosecutors raised the prospect of a four-year freeze so that he will not be sentenced for his crimes until he is out of office.
With President-elect Donald J. Trump’s sentencing on hold, his lawyers are pushing to dismiss the case. The district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, is opposing the effort.
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"Not all cases go to trial, and some that do, get overturned in higher courts."
Of course. But trump's cases were scheduled to begin because of the enormously consequential importance to the country they represented. Interrupted by trump's Court's fabricated immunity ruling, Cannon's sycophancy, and the judges and prosecutors so excoriated for their alleged unfairness giving every consideration imaginable to the extraordinary circumstances of a felon being elected prez.