Alvin Bragg urges judge not to toss Trump conviction in hush money case

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Thursday asked a New York judge to deny former President Donald Trump's motion to vacate his conviction on 34 felony counts in light of the Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity.

Earlier this month, Trump asked Judge Juan Merchan to toss his conviction in Bragg's hush money case in light of the Supreme Court decision. That ruling asserted that the president enjoyed immunity for official acts, but not unofficial ones. Trump argued that the proceedings involved testimony in evidence that ought not to have been permitted in light of the decision.

But Bragg has argued that the Supreme Court decision "has nothing to say about defendant's conviction," according to ABC News.

"[T]he evidence that he claims is affected by the Supreme Court's ruling constitutes only a sliver of the mountains of testimony and documentary proof that the jury considered in finding him guilty of all 34 felony charges beyond a reasonable doubt," Bragg's office further argued.

Among the evidence with which Trump took issue were Trump's tweets about Michael Cohen, his former lawyer, and testimony from former White House aide Hope Hicks. Bragg's office, however, argued that Trump's tweets did not amount to official conduct and that Hicks's testimony did not involve Trump's official duties.

Trump was initially set to face sentencing on July 11, but Merchan delayed the proceedings until Sept. 18 earlier this month.