YES!!!!!!!!!! 10 EXCLAMATION POINTS BECAUSE… JUDGE DENIES TRUMP’S IMMUNITY ATTEMPT TO REMOVE STORMY DANIELS CONVICTION TO FEDERAL COURT – AGAIN
by Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. – attorney, law professor emeritus, and author of Federal law
You know, one of these days I’m going to get to have an entire Friday evening (or weekend day) when there *won’t* be breaking news from the courts. But this week clearly ain’t it, and I couldn’t be more delighted because this is a HUGE SMACKDOWN FOR TRUMP!! And this case, at its heart, is about his *immunity* and confirms that he does *not* have immunity for acts – while he is president – that are *not actually acts consistent with being president*!!
And *I* have the receipts for you – in the form of the JUST NOW issued court order for you – *denying*, for a *second time*, Trump’s attempt to *remove* his New York case out of the state court system and to the federal court system because, of course, then he could give himself a pardon.
Now, while this second denial has to do largely with procedural issues, make no mistake, and it is very clear from this opinion and order, that the underlying actions are predicated on Trump’s claim of presidential immunity. You see he actually is claiming that his hush money payment to Stormy Daniels fell within the circle of his presidential immunity (because it had to do with protecting his campaign, among other things). Much like his claim that his actions and inactions on Jan6 were about protecting the office of the president and the election.
The thing is, *he filed the request to remove the case to federal court too late*. And why? Because he made the decision to try to bully his immunity claim in state court first! And as you will read in the opinion and order, his lawyers admit as much!
As a bonus, besides being tickled pink as you read this opinion, you will absolutely learn something, because Judge Hellerstein lays everything out very clearly, and in fairly plain English. I hope you enjoy it as much as did I!
This opinion and order is 35 pages; between this and the Kennedy Center hearing transcript that I sent you a few hours ago you should be set for a weekend of delightful reading!
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(The above was provided by me, Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.- attorney and law professor emeritus – all me, no AI, the buck stops here.)
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