LOADINGERROR LOADINGThe Manhattan district attorney prosecuting Donald Trump’s hush money case is fed up with the former president’s attempts to further delay the trial, saying “enough is enough” in court filings Thursday calling for the trial to start next month.The filing from Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s office concerns a trove of newly disclosed records that Trump’s legal team says could be integral to the case and need extensive review over the next several months. Advertisement
But Bragg’s office said Thursday that of the 170,000-plus documents ― which his staff disclosed after receiving them from federal prosecutors who previously investigated Trump lawyer Michael Cohen ― fewer than 300 are relevant to Trump’s defense. “The overwhelming majority of the production is entirely immaterial, duplicative or substantially duplicative of previously disclosed materials, or cumulative of evidence concerning Michael Cohen’s unrelated federal convictions that defendant has been on notice about for months,” Bragg’s office argued in one of the filings.“Although that review is still ongoing, the People now have good reason to believe that this production contains only limited materials relevant to the subject matter of this case,” the filing reiterated.”These tactics by defendant and defense counsel should be stopped,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said.Michael M. Santiago via Getty ImagesAdvertisement
Efforts by Trump’s legal team to delay the trial until this summer come after prosecutors already agreed to push its March start date to April 15.“Enough is enough,” Bragg’s office said in its filing. Bragg also responded to claims by Trump’s legal team that the case should be dropped and Bragg should be sanctioned for belatedly disclosing the documents. The DA’s office said that fault lies with Trump’s team for waiting until the eleventh hour to subpoena the records from the Southern District of New York, where Cohen was prosecuted and found guilty in 2018.“Ultimately, defendant’s focus on purported discovery violations is a red herring,” Tuesday’s filing said, calling the timing of the documents’ release “entirely a result of defendant’s own inexplicable and strategic delay in identifying perceived deficiencies in the People’s disclosures.”The trial Trump’s team is trying to delay concerns 34 felony charges of falsifying business records, stemming from hush money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels in the days leading up to the 2016 election. Daniels says Cohen, on behalf of Trump, paid her a sum of $130,000 in exchange for her silence on an affair she had with Trump in 2006.Last month, Trump alerted the Manhattan court that he plans to cite the “advice of lawyers” in the hush money case and will argue that he didn’t commit any wrongdoing because his lawyers were involved in his conduct.Advertisement
Trump has pleaded not guilty on all charges in the hush money case, just as he’s done in the three other criminal indictments against him. In total, he faces 91 felony charges.Support HuffPostOur 2024 Coverage Needs YouYour Loyalty Means The World To UsAt HuffPost, we believe that everyone needs high-quality journalism, but we understand that not everyone can afford to pay for expensive news subscriptions. That is why we are committed to providing deeply reported, carefully fact-checked news that is freely accessible to everyone.Whether you come to HuffPost for updates on the 2024 presidential race, hard-hitting investigations into critical issues facing our country today, or trending stories that make you laugh, we appreciate you. The truth is, news costs money to produce, and we are proud that we have never put our stories behind an expensive paywall.Would you join us to help keep our stories free for all? Your contribution of as little as $2 will go a long way.As Americans head to the polls in 2024, the very future of our country is at stake. At HuffPost, we believe that a free press is critical to creating well-informed v …
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But Bragg’s office said Thursday that of the 170,000-plus documents ― which his staff disclosed after receiving them from federal prosecutors who previously investigated Trump lawyer Michael Cohen ― fewer than 300 are relevant to Trump’s defense. “The overwhelming majority of the production is entirely immaterial, duplicative or substantially duplicative of previously disclosed materials, or cumulative of evidence concerning Michael Cohen’s unrelated federal convictions that defendant has been on notice about for months,” Bragg’s office argued in one of the filings.“Although that review is still ongoing, the People now have good reason to believe that this production contains only limited materials relevant to the subject matter of this case,” the filing reiterated.”These tactics by defendant and defense counsel should be stopped,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said.Michael M. Santiago via Getty ImagesAdvertisement
Efforts by Trump’s legal team to delay the trial until this summer come after prosecutors already agreed to push its March start date to April 15.“Enough is enough,” Bragg’s office said in its filing. Bragg also responded to claims by Trump’s legal team that the case should be dropped and Bragg should be sanctioned for belatedly disclosing the documents. The DA’s office said that fault lies with Trump’s team for waiting until the eleventh hour to subpoena the records from the Southern District of New York, where Cohen was prosecuted and found guilty in 2018.“Ultimately, defendant’s focus on purported discovery violations is a red herring,” Tuesday’s filing said, calling the timing of the documents’ release “entirely a result of defendant’s own inexplicable and strategic delay in identifying perceived deficiencies in the People’s disclosures.”The trial Trump’s team is trying to delay concerns 34 felony charges of falsifying business records, stemming from hush money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels in the days leading up to the 2016 election. Daniels says Cohen, on behalf of Trump, paid her a sum of $130,000 in exchange for her silence on an affair she had with Trump in 2006.Last month, Trump alerted the Manhattan court that he plans to cite the “advice of lawyers” in the hush money case and will argue that he didn’t commit any wrongdoing because his lawyers were involved in his conduct.Advertisement
Trump has pleaded not guilty on all charges in the hush money case, just as he’s done in the three other criminal indictments against him. In total, he faces 91 felony charges.Support HuffPostOur 2024 Coverage Needs YouYour Loyalty Means The World To UsAt HuffPost, we believe that everyone needs high-quality journalism, but we understand that not everyone can afford to pay for expensive news subscriptions. That is why we are committed to providing deeply reported, carefully fact-checked news that is freely accessible to everyone.Whether you come to HuffPost for updates on the 2024 presidential race, hard-hitting investigations into critical issues facing our country today, or trending stories that make you laugh, we appreciate you. The truth is, news costs money to produce, and we are proud that we have never put our stories behind an expensive paywall.Would you join us to help keep our stories free for all? Your contribution of as little as $2 will go a long way.As Americans head to the polls in 2024, the very future of our country is at stake. At HuffPost, we believe that a free press is critical to creating well-informed v …nnDiscussion:nn” ai_name=”RocketNews AI: ” start_sentence=”Can I tell you more about this article?” text_input_placeholder=”Type ‘Yes'”]