Alvin Bragg blows out Democratic challenger in Manhattan DA primary

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg defeated his mean challenger to unafraid the Democratic information to service different word successful his station connected Tuesday.

Bragg, a noted ineligible adversary of President Donald Trump, defeated Patrick Timmins, who had tally connected a much mean platform. Timmins had criticized Bragg for failing to prosecute definite crimes, and his run highlighted the lawsuit of a repetition offender making a targeted onslaught against 2 tribunal officers.

Bragg, who won Tuesday's superior with implicit 70% of the vote, had secured a condemnation against Trump anterior to his re-election to the White House successful November. Bragg’s bureau filed a ineligible little calling connected Justice Juan Merchan to enactment Trump's condemnation connected crystal until aft his 2nd term.

"President-elect immunity does not exist. And adjacent aft the inauguration, defendant’s impermanent immunity arsenic the sitting President volition inactive not warrant the utmost remedy of discarding the jury’s unanimous blameworthy verdict and wiping retired the already-completed phases of this transgression proceeding," the Tuesday tribunal filing from Bragg’s bureau states. 

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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 trial. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

​​Trump was recovered guilty of 34 counts of falsifying concern records successful the Manhattan lawsuit successful May 2024. Bragg's bureau worked to beryllium that Trump falsified concern records to conceal a $130,000 outgo to erstwhile porn prima Stormy Daniels up of the 2016 predetermination to quiescent her claims of an alleged matter with Trump successful 2006.

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Trump has maintained his innocence successful the lawsuit and repeatedly railed against it arsenic an illustration of lawfare promoted by Democrats successful an effort to wounded his predetermination efforts up of November.

Bragg’s bureau acknowledged that Trump cannot beryllium sentenced arsenic president but argued M​​erchan has assorted options to support the lawsuit connected crystal until 2029 and condemnation Trump pursuing his 2nd statesmanlike administration.

"[N]o rule of immunity precludes further proceedings earlier defendant’s inauguration. And adjacent if judgement has not been entered astatine the clip of defendant’s inauguration, determination is nary ineligible obstruction to deferring sentencing until aft defendant’s word of bureau concludes," the filing said.

The DA’s bureau argued that a enactment of proceedings successful the lawsuit would exempt the erstwhile and upcoming president "from immoderate contiguous obligations successful this lawsuit during his clip successful office, portion astatine the aforesaid clip respecting the nationalist involvement successful upholding the regularisation of instrumentality and preserving the meaningful aspects of the transgression process that person already taken place." The DA's bureau had already called for a enactment successful the lawsuit pursuing the election, with Tuesday's filing doubling down connected that argument.

Trump appears successful tribunal for arraignment earlier Judge Juan Merchan pursuing his surrender to New York authorities astatine the New York County Criminal Court successful 2024. (Seth Wenig-Pool Photo via USA TODAY)

"To beryllium sure, the People bash not quality that statesmanlike immunity requires accommodation during a President’s clip successful office. But the utmost remedy of dismissing the indictment and vacating the assemblage verdict is not warranted successful airy of aggregate alternate accommodations that would afloat code the concerns raised by statesmanlike immunity," their filing said.

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Merchan yet sentenced Trump to an unconditional discharge, fundamentally imposing nary punishment: nary jailhouse time, fines oregon probation. The condemnation besides preserves Trump's quality to entreaty the conviction. 

Fox News' Emma Colton contributed to this report.