Trump files motion to dismiss hush money case despite being found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records

Donald Trump has filed a motion to dismiss the hush money case against him despite being found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records.

He was found guilty of the offense in May, making it the first time a US president had been charged with a criminal offense.

Trump had tried to cover up “hush money” payments to porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election.

He instructed his lawyer to pay $130,000 to keep Daniels quiet when her claim of a sexual liasion threatened to overthrow the election.

Trump’s filing referenced the pardon Joe Biden issued to his son Hunter.

It said: “President Biden argued that ‘raw politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice’. These comments amounted to an extraordinary condemnation of President Biden’s own DOJ [department of justice]”.

The filing added that Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan DIstrict Attorney engaged in “precisely the type of political theatre that President Biden has condemned.”

A judge delayed the 26 November sentencing indefinitely to give Trump the chance to seek dismissal.

His lawyers have argued that having the case draw on the president-elect’s term would cause “unconstitutional impediments” to his ability to rule.

More to follow…