Just hours after the Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump enjoys a presumption of immunity for his official actions while at the White House, the former president wasted no time in trying to use the ruling in other legal proceedings against him.
Lawyers for the Republican presidential candidate in November sent a letter Monday to the judge in his Manhattan trial, asking him to set aside the verdict and delay his sentencing while he determines whether the new decision affects the case, according to several American media outlets, citing sources familiar with the matter.
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His sentencing in his trial for making covert payments to porn star Stormy Daniels is scheduled for July 11.
In its decision released Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that Donald Trump enjoys a presumption of immunity for official actions he took as president while in the White House.
However, he does not enjoy immunity for his “unofficial” actions.
Although the events he is accused of in the Stormy Daniels case occurred while Donald Trump was a candidate and not president, his lawyers could argue that many pieces of evidence are based on actions taken while he was president, according to the New York Times.
The former president was found guilty on 34 counts in the case by a jury in Manhattan.
