Alvin Bragg suggested postponing proceedings until after Trump’s second term as president concluded.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office is seeking to maintain the verdicts and indictment of President-elect Donald Trump’s falsified business records case.
Bragg filed the request to New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan on Dec. 9 after Trump submitted a motion to dismiss last week.
Trump had argued that both the verdicts and the indictment should be immediately dismissed in the interests of justice. His attorneys cited concerns about presidential immunity and the process of Trump’s transition to assuming power in the White House.
Bragg’s filing argued that Trump had gone too far in his request and that other actions by the court could address his concerns.
“At most, [the] defendant should receive temporary accommodations during his presidency to prevent this criminal case from meaningfully interfering with his official decision-making,” the filing read.
“But multiple accommodations well short of dismissal and vacatur would satisfy that objective, including a stay of proceedings during his term in office if judgment has not been entered before presidential immunity attaches.”
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Bragg’s office maintained that throwing out the indictment and verdicts would undermine confidence in the justice system.
It also leveled multiple arguments about presidential immunity,