President-elect Trump’s attorneys asked the New York judge overseeing his hush money case for a month to mount a formal effort to dismiss his criminal conviction in the wake of his White House victory — a slower timeline than what prosecutors suggest.
Attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove – who Trump has named to lead the No. 2 and No. 2 spots in his Justice Department – requested permission to wait until Dec. 20 to file their motion, which would come just a month before Trump’s inauguration. Once Trump is president, his cases are expected to be frozen or thrown out altogether.
“On November 5, 2024, the Nation’s People issued a mandate that supersedes the political motivations of DANY’s ‘People.’ This case must be immediately........