According to Fox News, New York City District Attorney Alvin Bragg has requested President-elect Donald Trump’s “hush money” case be put on hold until 2029 or later.
Bragg made the request in a letter to Judge Juan Merchan on Tuesday.
“As a result of the election held on November 5, 2024, Defendant’s inauguration as President will occur on January 20, 2025,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg wrote to Merchan on Tuesday.
“Given the need to balance competing constitutional interests, consideration must be given to various non-dismissal options that may address any concerns raised by the pendency of a post-trial criminal proceeding during the presidency, such as deferral of all remaining criminal proceedings until after the end of Defendant’s upcoming presidential term,” Bragg wrote.
Read Bragg’s letter to Merchan here —>
Trump spokesman Steven Cheung told Fox News Digital that “this is a total and definitive victory for President Trump and the American People who elected him in a landslide.”
“The Manhattan DA has conceded that this Witch Hunt cannot continue,” Cheung, who was tapped to serve as White House communications director, said. “The lawless case is now stayed, and President Trump’s legal team is moving to get it dismissed once and for all.”
Trump pleaded not guilty to all 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree but was found guilty in May after a six-week criminal trial in New York City.
