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The Layaway Presidency: How Alvin Bragg Would Create a New Constitutional Creature

JonathanTurley

For Bragg, that leaves Donald Trump tagged until 2029. In a filing before Manhattan Justice Juan Merchan, Bragg suggested that the court should stay the pending criminal case and defer any sentencing “until after the end of defendant’s upcoming presidential term.” It is a dangerous precedent.