Judge Merchan Grants President Trump The Right To File Motion To Dismiss

If this feels like déjà vu all over again, that’s understandable…

The so-called “hush money” case brought by Alvin Bragg is the case that simply won’t end, or at least it feels that way.

But slowly, bit by bit, we’re like Bill Murray in “What About Bob”….we’re baby-steppin’ to a conclusion.

Let me bring you up to speed quickly….

First the sentencing was delayed until after the Election.

Then the sentencing was delayed again to a later date in November.

Then the sentencing was “indefinitely delayed” meaning the case will essentially be on pause possibly until as late as January 2029!

Now here’s the latest from this morning….Judge Merchan has granted a request from the Trump Team to file a Motion to Dismiss:

🚨BREAKING: Judge Juan Merchan has granted President-elect Donald Trump's request to file a motion to dismiss the charges in the so-called "hush money" case (New York v. Trump) and removed the sentencing date for the president-elect indefinitely.

The legal assault against… pic.twitter.com/3LIEzA75CP

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) November 22, 2024

You can see the Order for yourself right here:

🚨 President Trump’s sentencing in the New York case has been delayed indefinitely by Merchan and a motion to dismiss the case entirely has been allowed to go forward. pic.twitter.com/zSYAjuvMnM

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) November 22, 2024

Here’s a closer zoom in:

Look, I’m not an attorney but for any attorneys reading this maybe you can drop me a comment below: Is it normal to have to ask for permission to file a Motion to Dismiss?  Or do you just file one as a matter of right?

Seems strange to me, but what do I know?

Fox News explained more here:

Judge Juan Merchan on Friday granted President-elect Donald Trump’s request to file a motion to dismiss the charges in New York v. Trump and removed the sentencing date for the president-elect from the schedule.

Merchan said Trump attorneys have until Dec. 2 to file their motion for dismissal. Merchan said Bragg has until Dec. 9 to respond.

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Merchan also confirmed the stay in sentencing for Trump, which was requested by both Trump’s and Bragg’s attorneys. The sentencing was scheduled for Nov. 26, but on Friday, Merchan said that date “is adjourned.”

Trump spokesman and incoming White House communications director Steven Cheung reacted to Merchan’s ruling Friday, telling Fox News Digital it is a “decisive win” for the president.

“In a decisive win for President Trump, the hoax Manhattan Case is now fully stayed and sentencing is adjourned,” Cheung told Fox News Digital. “President Trump won a landslide victory as the American People have issued a mandate to return him to office and dispose of all remnants of the Witch Hunt cases.”

Cheung added, “All of the sham lawfare attacks against President Trump are now destroyed and we are focused on Making America Great Again.”

In a letter to Merchan on Wednesday, Trump defense attorney and now-nominee for Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche demanded the case against Trump be tossed.

“On November 5, 2024, the Nation’s People issued a mandate that supersedes the political motivations of DANY’s ‘People,’” Blanche wrote. “This case must be immediately dismissed.”

Blanche said that “immediate dismissal of this case is mandated by the federal Constitution, the Presidential Transition Act of 1963, and the interests of justice, in order to facilitate the orderly transition of Executive power following President Trump’s overwhelming victory in the 2024 Presidential Election.”

Blanche’s pre-motion letter on Wednesday was sent in order to request permission to file a motion to dismiss by Dec. 20 and to request a stay on all deadlines, which Bragg and New York prosecutors had agreed to.

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The letter came after Bragg sent a letter to Merchan on Tuesday requesting a stay on the case until 2029. Bragg said he would oppose Trump’s motion to dismiss but said he would be open to receiving the defense argument.

Blanche argued that Bragg “appears to not yet be ready to dismiss this politically-motivated and fatally flawed case, which is what is mandated by the law and will happen as justice takes its course.” Blanche pointed to Bragg’s own election campaign for another term as Manhattan district attorney.

Watch more from Fox News here:

🚨BREAKING: Manhattan DA case Sentencing cancelled. Judge Juan Merchan has granted President Trump’s request to file a motion to dismiss the charges in the so-called “hush money” case pic.twitter.com/hqHAr2kVlo

— AJ Huber (@Huberton) November 22, 2024

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