Trump asks for New York hush money case to be tossed due to election win

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

29% : In his motion asking the New York criminal court to throw out both the convictions and his indictment, Trump said the Presidential Transition Act, which supports the presidential transition process, "demonstrates that immediate dismissal of this case is ... required.
28% : If Trump is ever sentenced in the case, Judge Juan Merchan could order the real estate mogul to spend several years in prison, but he also has the ability to impose no jail or prison time at all.
24% : "It's not clear if prosecutors will push for Trump to be sentenced before his Jan. 20 inauguration, try to argue the sentencing could go forward during Trump's presidency, or argue it shouldn't take place until Trump's next term ends.
23% : "Trump noted that the act requires the outgoing presidential administration to provide a classified summary of national security threats and major military or covert operations so the incoming administration can begin evaluating those issues quickly.
23% : Trump is arguing that some of the evidence used to secure his indictment and convictions was improper under that ruling.
20% : Trump was convicted May 30 of falsifying business records to cover up paying porn star Stormy Daniels to stay quiet before the 2016 election about an alleged sexual encounter between the two of them.
16% : Even if Trump loses his motion to toss out the case based on his election, he could still get his convictions tossed out for another reason: Judge Merchan hasn't yet ruled on Trump's argument that the jury's guilty verdicts and the indictment itself must be vacated based on the Supreme Court's July 1 presidential immunity ruling.
9% : President-elect Donald Trump's New York criminal hush money case should be completely dismissed based on his November election victory, Trump argued in a court filing made public Tuesday.

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