Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg filed a motion late last week indicating that he would not oppose a request from attorneys representing former President Donald Trump to delay sentencing in his hush-money case, though some suspect it might be for political reasons.
In a filing submitted on Friday, the progressive prosecutor announced that his office would not oppose Trump’s attorneys’ motion to delay the scheduled sentencing hearing on September 18th, the Washington Examiner reported.
“The Supreme Court’s recent decision did not consider whether a trial court’s ruling on that distinct evidentiary question is immediately appealable, and there are strong reasons why it should not be. Nonetheless, given the defense’s newly-stated position, we defer to the Court on whether an adjournment is warranted to allow for orderly appellate litigation of that question, or to reduce the risk of a disruptive stay from an appellate court pending consideration of that question,” the filing — the second in as many months from Bragg in not opposing a sentencing delay — added.
RedState contributor Bonchie labeled the letter from Bragg’s office as an “incredibly transparent” attempt to keep President Trump out of jail, aiming to avoid increasing public sympathy for the Republican, who narrowly escaped an assassination attempt just a month ago.
Since then, President Joe Biden has ended his reelection campaign, clearing the path for Vice President Kamala Harris to be officially nominated by the Democratic Party at this week’s national convention in Chicago. Most mainstream polls now show Harris in a dead heat with Trump, a significant improvement from Biden’s declining numbers in recent weeks.