Former President Trump on Sunday asked the Supreme Court to act before his July sentencing after he was found guilty of 34 criminal charges at his secret trial in New York last week.
Trump, in a post on Truth Social, complained that his sentencing in the New York case is scheduled for days before the start of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, where the Republican Party is expected to formally nominate him for president.
The former president also used his position to attack Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D), who brought the charges against him, and Judge Juan Merchan, who oversaw the trial, and argued that it was unfair for those two to “take a decision that will determine the future of our Nation.”
“The United States Supreme Court MUST DECIDE!” Trump posted.
Last week, Trump became the first former US president to become a convicted felon after a jury of 12 New Yorkers found him guilty on all counts of falsifying business records to hide alleged affairs during the his 2016 campaign.
He could face prison time, although first-time offenders on charges like Trump’s are rarely incarcerated. Bragg declined to say whether prosecutors would seek prison time for the former president, insisting that prosecutors would speak about their court cases in the coming weeks.
Trump’s sentencing is scheduled for July 11. He said he will appeal the guilty verdict, which will go to a higher court in New York.
The US Supreme Court is already considering a separate case in which the former president argued that he should be immune from prosecution for his actions after the 2020 election when he tried to subvert the results.
If the conservative-majority court sides with Trump in this case, many of his other pending criminal charges could be dismissed. Even if the court doesn’t go that far, its ruling could delay action in several Trump cases beyond the November election.
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