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No current law establishes that a president's temporary immunity from prosecution requires dismissal of a post-trial criminal proceeding that was initiated at a time when the defendant was not immune from criminal prosecution and that is based on unofficial conduct for which the defendant is also not immune,
said the Manhattan District Attorney's Office
In a decisive win for President Trump, the hoax Manhattan Case is now fully stayed and sentencing is adjourned,
Trump's communications director Steven Cheung said in a statement
It is... ordered that the joint application for a stay of sentencing is granted to the extent that the November 26, 2024 date is adjourned,
said Judge Juan Merchan in an order
The defendant's request for leave to file a motion to dismiss... is granted,
added Merchan's orderJust as a sitting President is completely immune from any criminal process, so too is President Trump as President-elect,
Trump lawyers Todd Blanche and Emil Bove argued in a filing Wednesday
Given the need to balance competing constitutional interests, consideration must be given to various non-dismissal options that may address any concerns raised by the pendency of a post-trial criminal proceeding during the presidency, such as deferral of all remaining criminal proceedings until after the end of Defendant’s upcoming presidential term,
prosecutors added
The Court must address these new issues and dismiss the case, prior to issuing a decision on the previously filed Presidential immunity motion,
Blanche explained
On November 5, 2024, the Nation’s People issued a mandate that supersedes the political motivations of DANY’s ‘People,
Blanche wroteAs in those cases, dismissal is necessary here,
their filing said
The American People have issued a mandate to return him to office and dispose of all remnants of the Witch Hunt cases,
Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement
YUGE win in Manhattan DA case Sentencing cancelled, the judge also apparently asked to file papers to dismiss case,
he wrote