Bragg case 'effectively over' in 'major victory,' Trump officials say

EXCLUSIVE: Trump officials told Fox News Digital that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case is "effectively over" aft Bragg requested a enactment until 2029, celebrating the improvement arsenic a "major victory" for President-elect Donald Trump.

Bragg connected Tuesday requested a enactment successful New York v. Trump until 2029, arsenic the president’s attorneys question to disregard the lawsuit entirely. 

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New York prosecutors said Tuesday that, portion they are apt to reason the argument, they are unfastened to being briefed connected Trump defence attorneys’ lawsuit for implicit dismissal. 

"Prosecutors are trying to prevention face," a Trump authoritative told Fox News Digital. "They cognize this lawsuit volition soon beryllium thrown out." 

President-elect Donald Trump looks connected during the UFC 309 lawsuit astatine Madison Square Garden connected Nov. 16, 2024 successful New York City.  (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)

Another authoritative told Fox News Digital that New York prosecutors’ "fallback" is simply a "five-year delay." 

"No superior idiosyncratic believes this lawsuit volition withstand that," the authoritative said. 

Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung besides told Fox News Digital that Bragg’s petition for a enactment is "a full and definitive triumph for President Trump and the American People who elected him successful a landslide." 

"The Manhattan DA has conceded that this Witch Hunt cannot continue," Cheung, who was tapped to service arsenic White House communications director, said. "The lawless lawsuit is present stayed, and President Trump’s ineligible squad is moving to get it dismissed erstwhile and for all."

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Another root adjacent to Trump and his ineligible squad told Fox News Digital that Bragg’s determination "represents a full nonaccomplishment of the prosecution." 

"Their lawsuit is successful shambles and present everyone knows it is connected its mode to the ash heap of history," the root told Fox News Digital. "This happening is not coming backmost successful 5 years — nary 1 would reason it is." 

Trump pleaded not blameworthy to 34 counts of falsifying concern records successful the archetypal grade stemming from the years-long probe related to alleged hush wealth payments tally by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. Former Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance initiated the probe and Bragg prosecuted the president-elect. 

After an unprecedented six-week-long proceedings successful New York City, a assemblage recovered the president blameworthy connected each counts. 

Judge Juan Merchan past week granted a enactment connected each deadlines associated with condemnation proceedings against Trump successful the last weeks earlier helium is sworn successful arsenic the 47th president of the United States—including the Nov. 26 sentencing date. 

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg stands with members of his unit astatine a quality league pursuing the condemnation of erstwhile U.S. President Donald Trump successful his hush wealth proceedings connected May 30, 2024 successful New York City.  (Getty Images)

But Trump attorneys person requested that Merchan overturn the blameworthy verdict altogether, citing the United States Supreme Court’s determination that erstwhile presidents person important immunity from prosecution for authoritative acts successful office.

Trump's ineligible squad argued that definite grounds presented by Bragg and New York prosecutors during the proceedings should not person been admitted, arsenic they were "official acts." 

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Specifically, Trump lawyer Todd Blanche, who the president nominated to service arsenic lawman lawyer wide astatine the Justice Department, argued that grounds from erstwhile White House Communications Director Hope Hicks; erstwhile Special Assistant to the President Madeleine Westerhout; grounds regarding The Special Counsel’s Office and Congressional Investigations and the pardon power; grounds regarding President Trump’s effect to FEC Inquiries; his statesmanlike Twitter posts and different related grounds was impermissably admitted during trial. 

Former U.S. President Donald Trump gives little remarks alongside his lawyer Todd Blanche aft the decision of his hush wealth proceedings astatine Manhattan Criminal Court connected May 30, 2024, successful New York City.  (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Trump attorneys besides pointed to Trump’s disclosures to the Office of Government Ethics arsenic president. 

Blanche said that "official-acts evidence" that Bragg presented to the expansive assemblage "contravened the holding successful Trump due to the fact that Presidents ‘cannot beryllium indicted based connected behaviour for which they are immune from prosecution,'" the question read. "The Presidential immunity doctrine recognized successful Trump pertains to each ‘criminal proceedings,’ including expansive assemblage proceedings erstwhile a authoritative ‘seeks to charge’ a erstwhile President utilizing grounds of authoritative acts."

Blanche argued that Bragg "violated the Presidential immunity doctrine by utilizing akin official-acts grounds successful the expansive assemblage proceedings that gave emergence to the politically motivated charges successful this case." 

"Because an Indictment truthful tainted cannot stand, the charges indispensable beryllium dismissed," Blanche argued. 

Blanche besides explained that the Supreme Court’s determination does not let for an "overwhelming evidence" oregon "harmless error" objection to "the profound organization interests astatine stake." 

Judge Juan M. Merchan poses successful his chambers successful New York, March 14, 2024.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

The Supreme Court's 6-3 determination connected statesmanlike immunity came from a question that stemmed from charges brought against Trump successful a separate, national lawsuit brought by peculiar counsel Jack Smith related to the events connected Jan. 6, 2021 and immoderate alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

Trump pleaded not blameworthy to each charges successful that case. 

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Smith is winding down his cases against Trump pursuing his predetermination arsenic the 47th President of the United States. 

Smith’s classified records lawsuit against Trump was dismissed by a national justice successful Florida earlier this year, who ruled that the peculiar counsel was unlawfully appointed. 

Merchan has not yet ruled connected the immunity argument, which prosecutors expect being included successful the coming dismissal question from the defense.