‘A likelihood of bribery, jury tampering, or of physical injury or harassment’: At first criminal trial of a former president, judge keeps juror names protected — and warns Trump about gag order

Left: Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg attends senator press conference on illegal guns arrests and seizure on the plaza in front of Police Headquarters on December 4, 2023. Lev Radin/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images) Dec. 4, 2023./Right: Former President Donald Trump leaves Manhattan criminal court, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, in New York. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Left: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (Lev Radin/Sipa via AP Images) Right: Former President Donald Trump (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer).

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Thursday aimed to shut down former President Donald Trump’s recent efforts to throw out his 34-count felony conviction on document falsification charges.

On July 12, the 45th president’s defense attorneys moved to have his conviction overturned on the basis that evidence introduced at the hush-money and election interference trial was improper in light of the Supreme Court’s broad-based ruling on presidential immunity.

In a 69-page memorandum of law in opposition, New York City prosecutors rubbished that line of argument as off-base.

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