President-elect Donald Trump Fox Digital has filed a motion to stay the Jan. 10 ruling in New York v. Trump, Fox Digital has learned.
“Today, President Trump’s legal team moved to stop the illegal ruling in the Manhattan witch hunt. The Supreme Court’s landmark decision on immunity, the New York State Constitution, and other well-established legal precedents force this baseless hoax to be dismissed immediately.” Trump spokesman and incoming White House communications director Stephen Cheung told Fox Digital on Monday morning.
New York judge sets days to sentence Trump before his inauguration
US President-elect Donald Trump looks on during a meeting with the French president at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on December 7, 2024. Making his first international trip since his election victory, Trump prepares for a day of intense diplomacy before attending the reopening ceremony for the restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral after the 2019 fire. (Photo by Sarah Messonnier/POOL/AFP) (Photo by Sarah Messonnier/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) (Sarah Messonnier)
“The American people elected President Trump with an overwhelming mandate that requires an immediate end to the political weaponization of our justice system and all remaining witch hunts. We look forward to uniting our country in the new administration as President Trump makes America great again,” Cheung continued.
New York Judge Juan Merchan scheduled Trump's sentencing in the case earlier this month, before his inauguration as president on January 20. Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday, January 10, at 9:30 a.m.
Trump has been found Guilty on 34 counts of forgery Business records in the Manhattan case in May. The office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg worked to prove that Trump falsified business records to conceal a $130,000 payment to former porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election to quell her claims about an alleged affair with Trump in 2006.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 30: Former US President Donald Trump appears in court in his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City. Judge Juan Merchan gave his instructions to the jury, and deliberations entered their second day. The former president faces 34 criminal charges related to falsifying business records in his first criminal case to be brought to court. (Steven Hirsch Paul/Getty Images)
Trump has insisted on his innocence in the case and repeatedly criticized it as an example of the legal warfare promoted by Democrats in an attempt to harm his electoral efforts before November.
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“The legal scholar and critic almost says there is no (zero!) case against me. The judge fabricated the facts and the law, no different from other judicial and prosecutorial witch hunts in New York. That's why companies are fleeing New York, taking with them millions of jobs, and billions of dollars.” From taxes, the legal system is broken, and companies cannot take the opportunity to get trapped in this quicksand, everything is rigged, and in this case against a political opponent, ME!!!” Trump posted on Truth Social on Sunday evening details of the case.
