Judge Juan Merchan ruled on Monday that President-elect Donald Trump’s felony conviction in his “hush money” trial should not be dismissed based on the recent Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity.
The president-elect’s lawyers sought a dismissal of his May conviction in the New York business records case due to the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. United States, holding that presidents are protected by broad immunity for official acts performed while in office. Merchan did not, however, rule on whether the conviction should be dismissed due to Trump being elected president last month.
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