"President Trump has appealed the guilty verdicts against him in the Stormy Daniels hush money case, blasting the prosecution as politically motivated and seeking to wipe clean the criminal record he racked up before his return to power. The presidentas legal team, in a 96-page brief filed late Monday, rehashed several arguments they made before, during, and after Trumpas 2024 New York trial."
"They included accusations that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg amanufactured felony chargesa under political pressure and that the trial court judge, Justice Juan Merchan, was biased based on previous donations to Democrats totaling $35. The appeal doubled down on Trump's argument that the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity proved Merchan should have barred certain evidence from the trial, an argument that was previously rejected."
"A Manhattan Supreme Court jury on May 30, 2024, found Trump guilty of committing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records within a scheme to defraud the voting public about his alleged philandering. The then-Republican presidential hopeful received a record boost in donations of more than $50 million after the verdict came down, his campaign said. The historic verdict, which made Trump the first U.S. president to be criminally convicted, came after the jury heard he had signed off on a plan to disguis"
President Trump appealed his guilty verdicts in the Stormy Daniels hush-money case, seeking to overturn 34 felony falsifying business records convictions. The appeal claims Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg manufactured charges under political pressure and asserts trial judge Justice Juan Merchan showed bias based on past Democratic donations. The filing argues the U.S. Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling required exclusion of certain evidence and requests reversal. The appeal was filed in a 96-page brief and follows a historic conviction that prompted more than $50 million in campaign donations after the May 30, 2024 verdict.
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