Lawyers representing Former President Donald Trump are now asking a federal court to seize New York state from his criminal trial, arguing that he has become the victim of “constitutional violations” in a proceeding that conflicts with the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity.
The lawyers wrote in a filing Thursday that “the ongoing proceedings will continue to cause direct and irreparable harm to President Trump — the leading candidate in the 2024 presidential election — and to voters far beyond Manhattan.”
“And a grossly unjust sentencing is currently scheduled for September 18, 2024, which could result in the immediate and unconstitutional incarceration of President Trump and prevent him from continuing his revolutionary campaign,” they warned.
“Post-trial removal is necessary in these circumstances to provide President Trump with an impartial forum, free from local hostility, where he can seek redress for these constitutional violations,” the lawyers added in their bid to overturn his conviction.
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In May, Trump was found guilty on 34 counts of first-degree falsification of business records, following a six-week trial stemming from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation into alleged silence payments ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
However, Trump’s lawyers wrote in their filing with the U.S. District Court in Manhattan that Bragg’s office “violated the doctrine of presidential immunity during the grand jury proceedings, and again at trial, by relying on evidence of President Trump’s official acts during his first term.”
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“THE Supreme Court of the United States “The Supreme Court recently ruled that these types of violations threaten the structure of the federal government and the ability of future presidents to carry out their essential duties in the manner intended by the framers of the Constitution,” they said.
“In an opinion that became final less than 30 days ago, the Supreme Court held that President Trump is entitled to immunity from criminal prosecution for his official acts and—particularly relevant here—that prosecutors cannot use evidence of official acts in prosecutions that they say arise out of unofficial conduct,” they continued.
Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung told Fox News Digital on Thursday that “the Manhattan District Attorney’s witch hunt, which violates numerous provisions of the United States Constitution and…
