Former President Donald Trump asked the New York Court on Monday (11) to postpone his criminal trial for at least a month, which stems from payments he made to a former adult film actress, until the Supreme Court decides. pronounce on your claim to presidential immunity.
As a result, Trump faces four criminal charges. His tactic has been to try to postpone all trials so that they can take place after the presidential elections on November 5th.
He is due to go to trial on March 25, accused of falsifying business records from his company Trump Organization to hide US$130,000 (R$430,000, in exchange rates at the time) paid to Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, a little before the 2016 presidential elections.
With that, according to the indictment, she had to remain silent about an alleged intimate relationship with the tycoon in 2006, when he was already married to Melania Trump.
The businessman denies having had any extramarital relationship with the actress.
The payment itself is not illegal, the problem, according to the Public Ministry, is that Trump hid this payment as if it were part of his lawyer’s fees at the time.
New York prosecutor Alvin Bragg charges him with 34 counts of accounting fraud, which could be punished by up to four years in prison if found guilty.
Furthermore, Trump’s lawyers invoke the argument that he has the right to criminal immunity because he is a former president of the country, an issue that will be debated by the Federal Supreme Court in Washington from April 25.
According to a court document dated March 7 and released this Monday, the defense argues that this “court should postpone the trial until the (federal) Supreme Court reviews the scope of the doctrine of presidential immunity.”
The Supreme Court has scheduled the debate over Trump’s immunity for April 25.
