Trump's lawyers urge judge to toss hush money criminal conviction

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : The defense filing was signed by Trump lawyers Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, who represented Trump during the trial and have since been selected by the president-elect to fill senior roles at the Justice Department.
43% : Taking a swipe at Bragg and New York City, as Trump often did throughout the trial, the filing argues that dismissal would also benefit the public by giving him and "the numerous prosecutors assigned to this case a renewed opportunity to put an end to deteriorating conditions in the City and to protect its residents from violent crime.
35% : "In a filing made public Tuesday, Trump's lawyers told Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan that anything short of immediate dismissal would undermine the transition of power, as well as the "overwhelming national mandate" granted to Trump by voters last month.
35% : Trump has been fighting for months to reverse his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal a $130,000 payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels to suppress her claim that they had sex a decade earlier.
31% : He could decide to uphold the verdict and proceed to sentencing, delay the case until Trump leaves office, wait until a federal appeals court rules on Trump's parallel effort to get the case moved out of state court or choose some other option.
29% : Last week, special counsel Jack Smith told courts that he was withdrawing both federal cases against Trump -- one charging him with hoarding classified documents at his Florida estate, the other with scheming to overturn the 2020 presidential election he lost -- citing longstanding Justice Department policy that shields a president from indictment while in office.
27% : Because it is a state case, Trump would not be able to pardon himself once he returns to office.
6% : In their filing Monday, Trump's attorneys dismissed the idea of holding off sentencing until Trump is out of office as a "ridiculous suggestion.

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