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The president also suggested he could deploy the National Guard in more US cities at an address aboard the US naval baseIn a 96-page filing submitted late Monday, Donald Trump’s lawyers argued that the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity should have prevented Manhattan prosecutors from introducing evidence about his conduct while in office, in an appeal looking to overturn his historic criminal conviction.Trump’s legal team said that testimony from Hope Hicks, his former White House communications director, should never have been allowed at trial, along with social media posts Trump made during his presidency. The evidence was used by prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney’s office to help secure Trump’s conviction on 34 counts of business fraud related to concealing hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels. Continue reading...
The president also suggested he could deploy the National Guard in more US cities at an address aboard the US naval base
In a 96-page filing submitted late Monday, Donald Trump’s lawyers argued that the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity should have prevented Manhattan prosecutors from introducing evidence about his conduct while in office, in an appeal looking to overturn his historic criminal conviction.
Trump’s legal team said that testimony from Hope Hicks, his former White House communications director, should never have been allowed at trial, along with social media posts Trump made during his presidency. The evidence was used by prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney’s office to help secure Trump’s conviction on 34 counts of business fraud related to concealing hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels.
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