Trump cites Hunter Biden pardon in motion to dismiss New York criminal case

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : The Manhattan case against Trump set two unprecedented firsts.
58% : After Trump won the presidency on Nov. 5, his attorneys quickly indicated they'd make Monday's request.
53% : While in office, Trump authorized a scheme to conceal reimbursements to a lawyer who made the payment to the actress just days before Trump's first election.
44% : "Wrongly continuing proceedings in this failed lawfare case disrupts President Trump's transition efforts and his preparations to wield the full Article II executive power authorized by the Constitution pursuant to the overwhelming national mandate granted to him by the American people on November 5, 2024," wrote his attorneys, Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, each of whom are slated to take on high-level positions at the Justice Department after Trump is inaugurated.
37% : Their argument struck at the quality of the case against Trump, but focused largely on a wholly unique argument in the history of America's legal system.
33% : Trump entered a not guilty plea in the case and promised minutes after his conviction that he would fight the jury's decision.
29% : "Yesterday, in issuing a 10-year pardon to Hunter Biden that covers any and all crimes whether charged or uncharged, President Biden asserted that his son was 'selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted,' and 'treated differently,'" they wrote, before claiming Trump was treated similarly.
18% : In the filing, which was submitted Monday night, they formally demanded a New York judge throw out the president-elect's criminal case and nullify a unanimous jury's conclusion that Trump committed dozens of felonies.

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