唐纳德·特朗普的罪犯封口费案件特朗普的律师周二在一份法庭文件中称，在纽约，“必须立即驳回”，因为起诉扰乱了当选总统的过渡，并“威胁到联邦政府的运作”。
在一份冗长的文件中，特朗普的律师引用了特别顾问杰克·史密斯最近的动议，根据司法部禁止起诉在任总统和乔·拜登总统的政策，驳回了他针对特朗普的联邦案件赦免他的儿子周末去亨特·拜登。
“正如拜登总统昨天所说，‘够了’特朗普的律师托德·布兰奇(Todd Blanche)和埃米尔·博韦(Emil Bove)写道:“这个案子本来就不应该提起，现在必须驳回。”这两人都被特朗普提名为新政府司法部的最高职位。
这份长达72页的驳回动议是在法官胡安·梅尔曼上周决定无限期推迟特朗普在5月被判犯有34项重罪，即伪造与封口费支付给成人电影女演员斯托米·丹尼尔斯有关的商业记录，以提高他在2016年总统大选中的选举前景。
曼哈顿地方检察官·阿尔文·布拉格建议将判决推迟到特朗普2029年完成第二个任期后，“以平衡特朗普定罪和他的总统职责之间的竞争宪法利益”。
特朗普的律师在他们的文件中辩称，这种延迟仍然违反了司法部禁止起诉在任总统的政策。
“因此，DANY的荒谬建议是，他们可以在特朗普总统离任后简单地恢复诉讼程序，在他们于2018年开始调查十多年后，这不是一个选项，”文件称。
除了引用司法部的政策，特朗普的律师还认为，总统过渡法案、至高无上条款和总统豁免权要求立即驳回此案。
辩护律师还重申了过去的论点，包括他们所谓的没有证据，法官mercom的政治动机和他们声称在审判中出现的缺陷，以及与他们所谓的特朗普在11月大选中的“压倒性国家授权”有关的新论点。
“如果不是特朗普总统的政治观点，在他的领导下建立的变革性全国运动，以及他对华盛顿特区和其他地方根深蒂固的腐败政客构成的政治威胁，这个案件永远不会被提起，”文件说。
曼哈顿检察官办公室面临12月9日的最后期限，以回应特朗普的驳回动议。
联邦法官扔出由于司法部禁止起诉在任总统的长期政策，特朗普的选举干预案上周史密斯提出驳回该案。联邦上诉法院也放弃特朗普从政府正在进行的上诉史密斯的机密文件案件基于同样的政策。
特朗普的第四起刑事案件，涉及指控选举干预在佐治亚州富尔顿县，目前暂停，因为特朗普和他的共同被告对一项涉及提起诉讼的地区检察官的决定提起上诉。
Citing Hunter Biden pardon, Trump asks judge to dismiss his criminal hush money case
Donald Trump's criminalhush money casein New York "must be immediately dismissed" because the prosecution disrupts the president-elect's transition and "threatens the functioning of the federal government," Trump's attorneys argued in a court filing Tuesday.
In a lengthy filing that peppered legal arguments with political ones, Trump's lawyers invoked special counsel Jack Smith's recent motion to throw out both his federal cases against Trump based on a Justice Department policy prohibiting the prosecution of a sitting president, as well as President Joe Biden'spardon of his sonHunter Biden over the weekend.
"As President Biden put it yesterday, 'Enough is enough.' This case, which should never have been brought, must now be dismissed," wrote Trump attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, both of whom have been nominated by Trump for top Justice Department posts in the new administration.
The 72-page motion to dismiss follows Judge Juan Merchan's decision last week toindefinitely postponeTrump's sentencing following his May conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in order to boost his electoral prospects in the 2016 presidential election.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has suggested postponing the sentencing until after Trump completes his second term in 2029, "to balance competing constitutional interests" of Trump's conviction and his presidential duties.
Trump's attorneys argued in their filing that such a delay would still violate the Department of Justice policy prohibiting the prosecution of a sitting president.
"Thus, DANY's ridiculous suggestion that they could simply resume proceedings after President Trump leaves Office, more than a decade after they commenced their investigation in 2018, is not an option," the filing argued.
In addition to citing the Department of Justice policy, Trump's lawyers argued that the Presidential Transition Act, the Supremacy Clause, and presidential immunity require the case to be immediately dismissed.
Defense attorneys also reprised past arguments -- including what they called, without evidence, Judge Merchan's political motivations and defects they claimed arose during the trial -- alongside new arguments related to what they called Trump's "overwhelming national mandate" from the November election.
"And this case would never have been brought were it not for President Trump's political views, the transformative national movement established under his leadership, and the political threat that he poses to entrenched, corrupt politicians in Washington, D.C. and beyond," the filing said.
The Manhattan DA's office faces a Dec. 9 deadline to respond to Trump's motion to dismiss.
A federal judgethrew outTrump’s election interference case last week Smith moved to the dismiss the case due to the Justice Department's standing policy prohibiting the prosecution of a sitting president. A federal appeals court alsodropped Trumpfrom the government’s ongoing appeal of Smith's classified documents case based on the same policy.
Trump's fourth criminal case, involving allegations ofelection interferencein Fulton County, Georgia, is currently paused as Trump and his co-defendants appeal a decision involving the district attorney who brought the case.
