US EditionTrump formally appeals New York criminal conviction
- Late on Monday, President Donald Trump filed an appeal seeking to overturn his May 2024 conviction, arguing presidential immunity; lawyers sent the case to the state's midlevel appeals court for the New York Appellate Division, First Department.
- Last year, jurors found Trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying records tied to $130,000 paid to Stormy Daniels by Michael Cohen and mislabeled as legal fees.
- In written filings, Trump's team contends the Supreme Court's July 2024 decision on presidential immunity and federal law preempt state charges, arguing the conviction relied on insufficient proof and 'pure, evidence-free speculation' despite Justice Juan Merchan rejecting immunity at trial.
- The appeals court has not yet ruled and the Manhattan district attorney's office will respond, while Trump remains convicted but received an unconditional discharge.
- The case was the only one of four to reach trial, with the spring 2024 trial unfolding alongside Trump’s re-election campaign, and in June lawyers sought to move it to a federal appeals court.
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Trump seeks to erase his felon status with appeal in NY court citing Supreme Court immunity ruling
President Donald Trump attends inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)President Donald Trump sought to remove his status as the only felon to be elected president by appealing his conviction on 34 New York state charges just before midnight Tuesday, arguing, in part, that the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2024 ruling giving the president broad immunity invali…
Trump’s Lawyers Seek Dismissal of President’s Criminal Conviction
Lawyers for President Donald Trump late on Oct. 27 asked an appeals court in New York state to throw out Trump’s criminal conviction for falsifying business records. Evidence in the case was insufficient to convict Trump, his lawyers told the New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division in a brief. They also said the court had wrongly ruled against the theory that presidential immunity means that official acts cannot be used against a preside…
Donald Trump to appeal his criminal conviction in New York State in May 2024 for falsification of accounting records
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Trump claims immunity, seeks to erase felon status with appeal in NY court
President Donald Trump attends inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)President Donald Trump sought to remove his status as the only felon to be elected president by appealing his conviction on 34 New York state charges just before midnight Tuesday, arguing, in part, that the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2024 ruling giving the president broad immunity invali…
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