US President Donald Trump has filed an appeal to overturn his May 2024 criminal conviction in the hush-money payment case, arguing he is shielded by presidential immunity.
Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records by a unanimous jury in New York.
In December, citing Trump’s imminent return to the White House, a New York judge sentenced Trump to an unconditional discharge, meaning he would not serve time or pay a fine.
“This case should never have seen the inside of a courtroom, let alone resulted in a conviction,” Trump’s lawyers said in the latest filing.
ELI5: Why is this even of interest to him? If he ignores it, it has already gone away. If he brings it up, it returns to public attention. what a dipshit weirdo!
He’s petty and doesn’t remember who was president when the events took place. I imagine he’ll argue immunity is retroactive
Just more rage baiting. His order of importance is: make himself more powerful, make his rich backers more powerful, piss off liberals.
He wants a ccw