US_ Here are Trump’s top three arguments for appeal after guilty verdict in hush money trial

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Here are Trump’s top three arguments for appeal after guilty verdict in hush money trial

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By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times - Thursday, May 30, 2024


Former President Donald Trump has three key issues he can argue on appeal to overturn his conviction in his New York hush money trial, including that prosecutors never identified an underlying felony to the resurrected misdemeanor bookkeeping charges that had lapsed.

The other two issues for appeal involve boundless character testimony prejudicial to Mr. Trump and prejudicial evidence that the trial judge allowed to be admitted, such as testimony about the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape.

Legal scholars say a defendant’s right to a fair trial and due process is undermined when the specific charge they are facing is not spelled out for them to defend properly.

That was what happened, some experts argue, when Judge Juan Merchan directed jurors that they didn’t need to — under New York law — find the defendant unanimously guilty of committing a felony to resurrect the misdemeanor recordkeeping charges that had expired under the statute of limitations.

The judge instructed jurors that they would have to find only that Mr. Trump committed bookkeeping infractions to conceal a campaign finance violation, tax law infraction or falsification of business records. They didn’t have to agree on the underlying crime to find the former president guilty.

“The issue of the absence of a second crime is exactly the kind of legal question that would be prime for appellate review,” said John Yoo, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and a former Justice Department official.

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