Lawyers for former US President Donald Trump have called for their client's conviction to be overturned in a trial over a cover-up payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels. Reports UNN citing The Washington Post.
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Donald Trump's legal team has formally asked a judge to overturn the former president's conviction for remaining silent, as well as the indictment that led to his trial.
In a court document released Thursday, Trump's attorneys Todd Blanch and Emil Bove outlined their view that prosecutors in the New York criminal case were wrong to rush to judgment against Trump while the Supreme Court was still considering a decision on Trump's immunity from prosecution claim.
Trump's legal team called on Judge Juan M. Merchan to "address this injustice.
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When a jury found Trump guilty in May of falsifying business records to cover up a potential sex scandal during the 2016 election campaign, Trump became the first former US leader convicted of the crime.
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Trump's lawyers urged Merchan to overturn not only the conviction, but the indictment itself. Then the prosecution would not be able to review the case.