The office of Democrat Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is opposing an effort by President-elect Donald Trump to suspend his sentencing Friday on a conviction for falsifying business records ahead of his Jan. 20 inauguration.
Trump’s attorneys argued their intent to appeal Judge Juan Merchan’s recent decisions should automatically pause all proceedings in the case. Trump was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records regarding a $130,000 payment former attorney Michael Cohen allegedly made to adult film actor Stormy Daniels. Trump has denied any wrongdoing in the case.
Matthew Colangelo, who was brought in by Bragg to help prosecute the case after being associate attorney general in the Biden administration, argued in a court filing that Trump’s intention to appeal decisions by Merchan allowing the conviction to stand does not mean the case should be delayed, The Hill reported Monday.
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