Trump pushes back against restriction on filing motions in New York hush money case

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: ABC News

March 19, 2024, 9:37 PM


Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are pushing back against a recent restriction on filings in his New York hush money case and asked the court to unseal some of the filings in the case, according to two motions released on Tuesday.

Trump's lawyers also asked Judge Juan Merchan to vacate a March 8 order where he required the parties to obtain leave of courtby sending the court one-page letters before filing new motions in the case ahead of the trial.

"Nowhere in the CPL has the New York legislature authorized a trial court to prevent a criminal defendant from filing a motion, or to confine relevant points and authorities in support of a criminal defendant's motion to a single page," defense lawyer Todd Blanche said in the filing.

Merchan's order requiring Trump's lawyers to get permission before filing motions was issued as Trump's lawyers filed a motion for discovery sanctions based on newly released documents in the case. To allow for defense attorneys to review over 100,000 pages of records produced by federal prosecutors recently, Merchan granted a 30-day adjournment of proceedings and is set to hear arguments on the motion on Monday.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-pushes-back-restriction-filing-motions-new-york/story?id=108284121

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LOL

[no_hypocrisy]

1. The Judge is trying to maintain control of HIS courtroom by

discouraging frivolous filing of motions to delay the trial.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Trump wants control over the courtroom.

And to a large extent the judges have given it to him.

[Novara]

3. "push back"? This ain't your courtroom, fucker

[hlthe2b]

4. I hope Merchan can keep this on track. I'd bet most DUers don't know what trial Merchan has in May...

But I found out this morning: it is the long-delayed NY trial of Steve Bannon for his "WALL" fraud against his own donors (the state version of the Federal case that Trump pardoned the a'hole days before leaving office)...

I want that Bannon's case to proceed almost as much as Trump's.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Yup

And I believe Bannon's trial starts May 25 (Bannon was able to do what Navarro wasn't - stay out of jail pending a trial or appeal).