The New York judge who presided over Donald Trump’s hush money trial denied the president-elect’s bid to vacate his guilty verdict on presidential immunity grounds.
“Defendant’s motion to dismiss the indictment and verdict is denied,” Judge Juan Merchan wrote in a ruling Monday.
Merchan handed down the decision after he also denied Trump’s argument that he’s already protected by presidential immunity because of his election win. “This court does not agree,” he wrote.
Trump spokesman Steven Cheung bashed the ruling, calling it “a direct violation of the Supreme Court’s decision on immunity.”
