Trump's lawyers to argue appeal in "hush money" case
Summary
President Donald Trump’s lawyers are scheduled to argue Thursday before a New York appeals court that his conviction in the hush-money case should be overturned. The case concerns a jury’s 2024 finding that Trump falsified business records to conceal reimbursements to Michael Cohen for a payment to Stormy Daniels.Key Facts
- A unanimous jury convicted Trump in May 2024 on 34 felony counts tied to falsifying business records.
- Cohen paid Daniels $130,000 shortly before the 2016 election in exchange for her silence about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump; Trump denies the allegation.
- Trump’s lawyers argue that federal election laws preempted the state prosecution, that presidential immunity applies, and that prosecutors failed to prove intent to defraud.
- Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s lawyers argue that the charges concern Trump’s unofficial conduct.
- Trump’s lawyers and Bragg’s lawyers will each have 15 minutes to answer questions from the Appellate Division, First Department.
- Both sides have indicated the case could proceed to New York’s highest court and potentially the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Judge Alvin Hellerstein, who had rejected Trump’s effort to move the case to federal court, died a week before the appeals arguments.
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