Justice Amy Coney Barrett plays 'highly useful' role in Trump being denied immunity in hush-money case [View all]
Source: Law & Crime
Dec 17th, 2024, 10:25 am
The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money case in New York on Monday refused to dismiss the dozens of felony convictions against the president-elect in light of the Supreme Court’s sweeping immunity decision, using, in part, the reasoning put forth by the last justice Trump himself placed on the high court.
The ruling stems from Trump’s May 2024 conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records in the Empire State.
The charges resulted from a $130,000 hush-money payment made by Trump’s former personal attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen, to adult content creator Stormy Daniels in October 2016.
Acting New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan cited Justice Amy Coney-Barrett’s concurring opinion in Trump v. United States to emphatically rule that the underlying conduct resulting in Trump’s convictions did not constitute the “official conduct” of a president that is entitled to absolute immunity from prosecution.
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Full headline: ‘In the absence of precedent’: Justice Amy Coney Barrett plays ‘highly useful’ role in Trump being denied immunity in hush-money case
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