Has lawfare come to an end in New York as well as Washington DC? It certainly appears that Alvin Bragg and Judge Juan Merchan have begun to seriously reconsider it.
Over the weekend, Bragg’s office sent a request to postpone a key ruling today after Donald Trump’s defense team notified them of several potential challenges to Bragg’s 34 felony convictions. Trump’s legal team then told Merchan that they concurred with the need for more time to assess the impact of the election and the previous Supreme Court ruling on immunity, the issue on which Merchan was supposed to rule today.
In response, Merchan kicked the can down the road another week:
NEW – Judge Merchan has agreed to delay any decision on President-elect Trump’s criminal hush money case.
The DA’s office signaled it needed more time to consider how to proceed now Trump is president-elect. Reporting…
