""convicted after a trial that featured repeated and clear violations of his constitutional rights, federal law, and New York law, presided over by a judge who was required to recuse,""
""absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority.""
""This case should never have seen the inside of a courtroom, let alone resulted in a conviction,""
""powerhouse appeal in the Manhattan DA's Witch Hunt.""
A Manhattan jury convicted Trump in May on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records tied to a hush-money payment made before the 2016 election. Trump's legal team filed an appeal arguing the conviction arose after a trial that violated his constitutional rights, federal law, and New York law, and that Judge Juan Merchan should have recused. The lawyers contend federal election law preempts state law and that the trial improperly admitted evidence of official presidential acts, including testimony from Hope Hicks. The team cites the Supreme Court immunity decision and seeks to have the conviction overturned.
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