Source: Trump Granted Permission to Seek Dismissal of Hush Money Case | Newsmax.com
周五，纽约一名法官鉴于他在 11 月 5 日的总统大选中获胜，批准当选总统唐纳德·特朗普寻求撤销商业记录刑事案件，他在今年早些时候被判有罪。 代理最高法院法官胡安·默尚在其命令中要求特朗普团队在 12 月 2 日之前提出撤销动议，并设定检方在 12 月 9 日之前作出回应。 默尚还批准暂缓对该案进行宣判，无限期延期原定于 11 月 26 日举行的量刑听证会。 现年 78 岁的特朗普于 5 月被判重罪，罪名是伪造商业记录以掩盖一项旨在影响 2016 年大选的计划，即通过贿赂压制婚外性行为的报道。特朗普否认了这些指控。 他的律师在一封信中辩称，继续审理此案将干扰候任总统重返白宫的准备工作，并对他管理国家的能力造成“违宪障碍”。 曼哈顿检察官反对撤销此案，他们在周二提交的一份法庭文件中表示，特朗普即将就任总统并不是放弃已经审理的案件的理由。但检察官表示，“考虑到需要平衡相互竞争的宪法利益”，“必须考虑”冻结此案，直到他卸任后再审理。
A New York judge on Friday granted President-elect Donald Trump permission to seek dismissal of the business records criminal case, in which he was found guilty earlier this year, in light of his victory in the Nov. 5 presidential election.
In his order, Acting Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan gave the Trump team until Dec. 2 to file a motion for dismissal and set a Dec. 9 deadline for the prosecution to respond.
Merchan also granted a stay of sentencing in the case, adjourning the scheduled Nov. 26 sentencing hearing indefinitely.
Trump, 78, was convicted in May of a felony for falsifying business records to cover up a scheme to influence the 2016 election by paying to squelch a story of extramarital sex. Trump has denied the allegations.
His lawyers argued in a letter that continuing with the case would interfere with the president-elect’s preparations for returning to the White House and cause “unconstitutional impediments” to his ability to run the country.
Manhattan prosecutors opposed the dismisssal, saying in a court filing Tuesday that Trump’s forthcoming presidency isn’t grounds for dropping a case that was already tried. But “given the need to balance competing constitutional interests,” prosecutors said, “consideration must be given” to potentially freezing the case until after he’s out of office.
