Judge Refuses To Dismiss Trump’s Hush-Money Case, Is Unimpressed by Immunity Arguments: ‘Evidence of Guilt Is Overwhelming’

The Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, has expressed his determination to resume prosecuting Trump when he leaves office in 2029.

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President Trump (R) and Judge Juan Merchan (L), who is presiding in the 45th president's hush-money case at New York. AP

The New York judge presiding over President Trump’s hush-money case, Juan Merchan, denied Trump’s motion to dismiss the case based on the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling. The judge still has to decide whether or not the case should be dismissed on grounds of various other motions Trump’s attorneys have filed.   

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