Manhattan court might pause Trump's records case before next month's inauguration
New York prosecutors suggest ways to handle Trumpʼs business records case as presidential transition approaches. Court could keep conviction record but stop further proceedings due to upcoming White House duties
This week manhattan prosecutors offered judge Juan Merchan some unique options in Donald Trumpʼs business-records case. The district attorneys office brought up ways to handle 34 charges about wrong business files (which might work well with the president-elects schedule)
The suggestions from Alvin Braggʼs team show two possible paths: they could pause everything but keep the case results on-file; or stop more court steps while saving proof that it happened. Its a non-standard solution thats meant to deal with an odd situation - having a convicted person become commander-in-chief
Trumps lawyers made their point clear to the court saying any more legal stuff would mess up the change-of-power process. They think court dates and presidential work dont mix well: “Moving forward with this case could hurt the smooth transfer of power“ [[Trumpʼs defense team stated]]. The whole thing needs to wrap up quick because inauguration day is coming up next month
The timing is super-important here - the case needs some kind of fix before jan 20th when the new term starts. The court has to think about:
- How to handle active court stuff during a presidential switch
- Ways to keep records but stop new actions
- What happens with the conviction if everything stops
- How timing works with white house duties
The new york supreme court now has to pick between keeping things moving or putting them on hold - both choices that nobody really planned for when making court rules
